Janith Iddawala- PhD Student | Casual academic at Murdoch University
Janith Iddawala
- PhD Student | Casual academic at Murdoch University
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Introduction
I am a PhD candidate and early career researcher with an interest in sustainability and sustainable tourism. I bring in over seven years of lecturing, marketing, business development and sustainability experience from academic, events, tourism and hospitality industries. I am currently focused on uncovering the evolution of sustainable tourism and the emerging facets of sustainability within tourism academia.
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March 2021 - October 2023
Education
September 2017 - December 2018
September 2013 - June 2016
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Publications (13)
Over the past few years Sri Lankan tourism industry has displayed tremendous innovativeness with a number of tourism ventures such as 'Vil Uyana' being launched in the country with innovation in the heart of their businesses. Hence, the aim of this paper was to derive the dynamics behind the phenomenal success of 'Vil Uyana', while meticulously eva...
Despite being an industry at the forefront of adopting sustainable practices, there has been a continued paucity of hospitality research focusing on the extent of adoption of sustainability practices and their contribution towards achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) from developing countries’ viewpoints. Hence, this research explores...
Sri Lanka as a country has tremendous potential for harnessing energy from renewable sources such as solar, wind, and hydro. However, as of 2018, only 39 % of Sri Lanka's energy generation capacity was harnessed through renewable energy sources. The continuous increase in electrical energy demand and the drastic increase in vehicle population over...
The tourism and hospitality industry has typically been at the forefront of integrating sustainability practices in its overall operations globally. Nonetheless, there has been a continued paucity in the tourism and hospitality academia, with limited research being conducted on adopting sustainable practices and their impacts on developing tourism...
E-procurement plays a crucial role in achieving organizational objectives by extending beyond the facilitation of online transactions to enhance communication with suppliers. This study investigates the impact of e-procurement practices on the organizational performance of a supermarket chain in the Gampaha district of Sri Lanka, focusing on three...
The Sri Lankan hospitality sector has been earmarked to play a crucial role in achieving the country’s tourism industry’s strategic focus of creating an inclusive and sustainable tourism industry. Despite the growing concern about adopting sustainability practices within the mainstream hospitality industry in Sri Lanka, there has been a paucity of...
This study examines the evolution of sustainable tourism in journal article keywords within the Scopus database. In total, 5714 keywords from 1150 articles were thematically analyzed and categorized to reveal academic trends. Sustainable tourism is a reflexive industry that relies on changing circumstances for relevance. This keyword analysis has s...
Over the past few decades, sustainable development has garnered significant attention in the tourism sphere and is increasingly considered a collective responsibility of all stakeholders within the industry. In this context, Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) with a focus on tourism education have been identified to play a crucial role, especially...
This perspective paper presents a brief introduction to sustainable tourism and how Sri Lanka's tourism industry should integrate its conceptual foundations in the overall progression of the country's tourism industry in the future.
Over the past few years, ‘going green’ as a concept has garnered significant attention from both an academic and practical perspective. However, whilst a plethora of research has been conducted in line with the ‘green’ concept a significant knowledge gap continues to persist in the paradigm of what influences green thinking in consumers’ minds. The...
Despite the importance of tourists as a stakeholder in the overall tourism system, limited emphasis has been given in tourism research in exploring the importance of managing tourist perceptions on overall Destination Management. This paper, therefore, attempts to explore how Belfast has managed its tourism industry from a tourist's perspective by...
