Griffith University

BPH (Distinction), Hospitality Management, University of Birmingham, UK.  MA (Distinction), Hospitality Management, University of Birmingham, UK. PhD Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Queensland, Australia. 

Research Assistant, Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management

Contact details for Dr Aishath Shakeela

Research Interests

• Climate change
• Sustainable tourism development
• Local employment
• Tourism education
  
• Tourism in small island destinations

Publications

Book

• Shakeela, A. (2002). Classical Maldivian Cuisine. A historical research of local cuisine of 20 atolls of the Maldives. India: Impression.
  

Book chapters

• Buckley, R. and Shakeela, A. (in press). The Vulnerability of Tourism and Recreation to Climate Change. In T. Seastedt & K. Suding (Eds.) Climate Vulnerability. Oxford: Elsevier.
  
• Shakeela, A., Ruhanen, L. and Breakey, N. (2010). ‘Women’s Participation in Tourism: A case from the Maldives’. In Scott, N. & Jafari, J. (Eds.), Tourism in the Muslim World (pp.61-71). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK.

Journal articles - refereed

• Shakeela, A. and Weaver, D. (2012). Resident Reactions to a Tourism Incident: Mapping a Maldivian Emoscape.  Annals of Tourism Research, 39(3). doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2012.01.007.
• Shakeela, A., and Weaver, D. (under review) Host Perceptions of Tourism: Mapping a Maldivian Emoscape. Annals of Tourism Research.
• Shakeela, A., Breakey, N., and Ruhanen, L. (2011) What is Tourism Education's Role in the Sustainable Tourism Development of SIDS? Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education 10(4).
  
• Shakeela, A., Ruhanen, L., and Breakey, N. (in press). ‘The Maldives: A Tourism Success Story?’.  e-Review of Tourism Research (Special Issue: Tourism & Hospitality Development in Indian Ocean Island Economies).
• Ruhanen, L. and Shakeela, A. (in press). ‘Responding to Climate Change: Australian Tourism Industry Perspectives on Current Challenges and Future Directions’. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research (Special Issue: Assessing Impacts and Building Resilience: The Implications of Climate Change on Tourism in the Asia Pacific Region).
• Shakeela, A., Ruhanen, L., and Breakey, N. (in press). The Role of Employment in the Sustainable Development Paradigm – The Local Tourism Labor Market in Small Island Developing States. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism.
• Shakeela, A. and Cooper, C.( 2009). ‘Human Resource Issues in a Small Island Setting: The Case of the Maldivian Tourism Industry.’ Tourism Recreation Research, 34(1), 67-78.

Refereed Conference Papers

• Shakeela, A., Ruhanen, L., & Breakey, N. (2011). The Local Gaze: Social Inhibitors to Engagement in the Maldivian Tourism Industry. Paper presented at the Council of Australian University Hospitality and Tourism Education, 8-11 February, Adelaide, Australia.
  
• Weaver, D., Castley, G. and Shakeela, A. (2011).The Global Pleasure Periphery 35 Years Later: Evolving Regional Contours. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA.
• Shakeela, A., Ruhanen, L., and Breakey, N. (2011). ‘The Local Gaze: Social Inhibitors to Engagement in the Maldivian Tourism Industry’ paper presented at the Council of Australian University Hospitality and Tourism Education [CAUTHE], 8-11 February, Hobart, Australia.
• Shakeela, A., Breakey, N. and Ruhanen, L. (2010). ‘Dilemma of a Paradise Destination: Tourism Education and Local Employment as Contributors to Sustainable Development’ paper presented at the Council of Australian University Hospitality and Tourism Education [CAUTHE], 8-11 February, Hobart, Australia.
• Shakeela, A., Ruhanen, L. and Breakey, N. (2008). ‘Tourism and Hospitality Education ... The Panacea for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Maldives?’ paper presented at the Council of Australian University Hospitality and Tourism Education [CAUTHE], 10-12 February, Gold Coast, Australia.
• Shakeela, A. (2007). ‘Human Resource Development in a Small Island Setting: The Case of the Maldivian Tourism and Hospitality Industry.’ paper presented to The 2nd International Academic Symposium for Graduate Students: Envisioning a Creative Tourism., 3-6 December, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
• Shakeela, A. (2001). ‘Human Resource Development in the Tourism Sector: Maldives Country Report.’ paper presented to ESCAP/UNWTO Technical Workshop on Human Resource Development, 7-10 August, Kajuraho, India.