Field research

12 04, 2012

Chiang Mai: ‘the Rose of the North’

By |April 12th, 2012|Asia, Field research, Master in Tourism Destination Management, NHTV, Thailand|0 Comments

My personal knowledge of Thailand was very limited at the beginning of the TDM Course, and I was not the only confused student in the classroom when we were informed that this would be our second destination. Where was this place, anyway?

Known amongst Thais as ‘the Rose of the North’, Chiang Mai is a moated […]

8 03, 2012

Sydney: A Trip to Remember

By |March 8th, 2012|Australia, Field research, Master in Tourism Destination Management|0 Comments

To many people, Sydney is just another city. Located too far away for comfortable travel and virtually indistinguishable from any other urban metropolis, Sydney struggles to make itself heard and felt in between the melee of New York, the glamour of Paris and the inordinate chaos of the Mumbai. And hence to many, that’s where […]

31 05, 2011

Tempting Bali

By |May 31st, 2011|Asia, Bali, Field research, TDM|1 Comment

„I can resist everything but temptation“. Did Oscar Wilde actually know Bali? This is what I thought at least when I saw the sticker on the wall in my new little Balinese style studio after all my fellow students left the island. So yes, I couldn’t resist the temptation and stayed in Bali a […]

17 05, 2011

Masters TDM, finalizing 3 months Asia-Pacific

By |May 17th, 2011|Bali, Field research, Master in Tourism Destination Management, NHTV|1 Comment

After a three months research period in the Asia Pacific the master students presented the reports for their last destination: Bali.

The 30 NHTV master students Tourism Destination Management started their research period in February in Melbourne; in March they were based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The third and final month students worked in Bali: […]