Abrar Faisal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4625943 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abrar Faisal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abrar |
| FAMILY NAME | Faisal |
| SIGNATURE | FAISAL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auckland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9276-3483 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Governing fragility
Tourism governance in ecologically critical areas (ECAs) remains conceptually underdeveloped, particularly in the Global South, where environmental vulnerability intersects with livelihood precarity and asymmetric power relations. This study critically examines how tourism governance in St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh, an ECA and the country’s only coral island, is framed and contested in media discourse. The findings reveal: (i) competing media …
When governance trembles
Resilience in urban tourism is often framed as a technical capacity or organisational attribute; however, this five-year longitudinal qualitative study of tourism governance in an emerging-economy urban context reconceptualises it as a contested terrain – a fragile accomplishment forged at moments when governance trembles. Drawing on semi-structured in-depth interviews with government and industry actors in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the paper demonstrat…
Progress or Regress in Phenomenological Research in Tourism? An Epistemological Assessment of Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization Tools
Phenomenology has become a popular approach in studying tourism experiences, rising to the forefront of methodological practice in the field. While phenomenological research numbered only in the dozens before the millennium, its application has since expanded to hundreds of studies. This rapid growth not only calls for a meta-analytical examination but also provides an opportunity to assess the suitability of various methodological tools and soft…
Agents or stewards? Non‐profit organisations managing visitation
Destination repurposed
This research note generates insights into the transformational impacts of the refugee crisis and finds that the influx of aid workers significantly alters the business landscapes and destination image of a tourism-dependent urban area. The study draws on qualitative semi-structured interviews and an extensive analysis of policy documents, organisational reports and news articles pertaining to the responses to the impacts of the world’s largest r…
Mega events, disruptions, and arts entrepreneurs
(Re)Creating spaces for tourism
Destination repurposed
This research note generates insights into the transformational impacts of the refugee crisis and finds that the influx of aid workers significantly alters the business landscapes and destination image of a tourism-dependent urban area. The study draws on qualitative semi-structured interviews and an extensive analysis of policy documents, organisational reports and news articles pertaining to the responses to the impacts of the world’s largest r…
(Re)Creating spaces for tourism
(Re)Creating spaces for tourism
Destination repurposed
This research note generates insights into the transformational impacts of the refugee crisis and finds that the influx of aid workers significantly alters the business landscapes and destination image of a tourism-dependent urban area. The study draws on qualitative semi-structured interviews and an extensive analysis of policy documents, organisational reports and news articles pertaining to the responses to the impacts of the world’s largest r…
Mega events, disruptions, and arts entrepreneurs
Agents or stewards? Non‐profit organisations managing visitation
Progress or Regress in Phenomenological Research in Tourism? An Epistemological Assessment of Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization Tools
Phenomenology has become a popular approach in studying tourism experiences, rising to the forefront of methodological practice in the field. While phenomenological research numbered only in the dozens before the millennium, its application has since expanded to hundreds of studies. This rapid growth not only calls for a meta-analytical examination but also provides an opportunity to assess the suitability of various methodological tools and soft…
Governing fragility
Tourism governance in ecologically critical areas (ECAs) remains conceptually underdeveloped, particularly in the Global South, where environmental vulnerability intersects with livelihood precarity and asymmetric power relations. This study critically examines how tourism governance in St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh, an ECA and the country’s only coral island, is framed and contested in media discourse. The findings reveal: (i) competing media …
When governance trembles
Resilience in urban tourism is often framed as a technical capacity or organisational attribute; however, this five-year longitudinal qualitative study of tourism governance in an emerging-economy urban context reconceptualises it as a contested terrain – a fragile accomplishment forged at moments when governance trembles. Drawing on semi-structured in-depth interviews with government and industry actors in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the paper demonstrat…
Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (6 works) · Tourism (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works)