Research Output per year
Personal profile
Area of academic expertise - outline
Tourism and national identity; regional development; tourism public policy; tourism sustainability and climate change; events studies; tourism, society and culture in Nepal and Scotland
Current research activities
I am currently managing a project funded by British Academy Leverhulme Trust Small Research Grant SRG 2015-16 Round. The study explores the significance of Mt. Everest as a ‘national’ icon in Nepal. The study is driven by the following research question: should Mt Everest continue to stimulate Nepal’s national imagery? The objectives of the study are:
i. To explore the appreciation of Mt Everest as a national heritage in Nepal.
ii. To examine the significance of Mt Everest in the 'national' imagination in Nepal.
Target collaborative organisations
Nepal Tourism Board (Nepal)
Dumfries and Galloway Chamber of Commerce (Dumfries, Scotland))
Visit Scotland (Scotland)
Desired research direction
My research is driven by Sociology and most of my work is interdisciplinary in nature that draws from political science, anthropology, geography, history and development studies.
Other areas of expertise available for knowledge exchange
Tourism and national identity,
Tourism in Scotland
Tourism, society and culture in Nepal
External positions
Executive Committee Member , Britain Nepal Academic Council
2014 → 2020Keywords
- GV Recreation Leisure
- Tourism
- Destination Management
- Tourism Public Policy
- HM Sociology
- national identity
- Sociology of tourism
- nationalism
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Research Output 2009 2019
International development ideology and two tourism policies of Nepal
Bhandari, K., 1 May 2019, In : Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 37, 3, p. 558-576 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
tourism policy
Nepal
ideology
tourism
Tourism
Tourism and the geopolitics of Buddhist heritage in Nepal
Bhandari, K., 31 Mar 2019, In : Annals of Tourism Research. 75, March, p. 58-69 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Tourism and Nationalism in Nepal: A Developing Country Perspective
Bhandari, K., 3 Dec 2018, (Accepted/In press) Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 102 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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sociology studies
Teaching evaluation practices: An early career practitioner’s reflections
Bhandari, K., 23 Jan 2017, In : Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education. 20, p. 27-31 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The sociology of Mt. Everest
Bhandari, K., 26 Jul 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Profiles
Scheduling
Knowledge acquisition
Adaptive algorithms
Genetic algorithms
Fuzzy logic