Kanchana Wickramasinghe

Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

[Kanchana Wickramasinghe @Kanchi_w]

Tourism continues to face disasters and crises.

Our chapter in Risk and Tourism Marketing in Asia (https://t.co/xWYTyw74HW) explores why repeatedly bouncing back from shocks is not necessarily the same as building long-term resilience.

#Tourism #Resilience #SustainableTourism

[Griffith Institute For Tourism @gift_griffith]

New book chapter on COVID-19's impact on tourism in emerging economies, co-authored by Kanchana Wickramasinghe.

https://t.co/7AThFEtA4b

[Griffith Institute For Tourism @gift_griffith]

GIFT members Kanchana Wickramasinghe and Athula Naranpanawa have co-authored a paper in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management entitled: “Tourism and COVID-19: An economy-wide assessment.”

https://t.co/7sJKXWWCEY

@Griffith_THS @GriffithBiz @Griffith_Uni

[Kanchana Wickramasinghe @Kanchi_w]

Our latest article assesses the economic impacts of promoting #domestictourism, widely identified as a promising recovery measure to revive tourism economies severely impacted by the #COVID19 pandemic.
https://t.co/FKDVELUglJ

[Kanchana Wickramasinghe @Kanchi_w]

@UQ_Business @sunyayen Congratulations Bob and @sunyayen!

[Kanchana Wickramasinghe @Kanchi_w]

Really honoured to be invited to speak at the today on #Evidence4Dev session on “20 years of Global Development Awards Competition – Celebrating Government of Japan’s contribution to development research and innovative social development” @GDNint @TalkEconomicsSL @WWGS2021

[Global Development Network @GDNint]

@Kanchi_w from the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri
Lanka (IPS Sri Lanka) won the ORD award in 2014. She says GDN provides high levels of visibility to the winners, brings in world-class expertise to improve ideas through mentorship and is generous enough to cover key costs.

[Kanchana Wickramasinghe @Kanchi_w]

"It's very rare to see her put in a half-baked effort … if she's having an off day, the effort will still be there and that's probably the thing that sets her apart from most people." #Olympics

[Griffith University @Griffith_Uni]

"To see what Emma has done, it's just a next level."@abcnews interviews #GriffithUni elite swim coach Michael Bohl about the incredible performance of @Griffith_GSC member and @Griffith_Health student Emma McKeon in Tokyo.
https://t.co/5ZhyYYl4oT

[Kanchana Wickramasinghe @Kanchi_w]

#phdopportunity #ecosystem services, #land use change in @UQ_News

[Jonathan Rhodes @j_r_rhodes]

We have a fully-funded PhD scholarship to work on ecosystem services, land-use change, and global flows of ecosystem services with myself and @LauraSonter https://t.co/DE4W09Zipv

[Kanchana Wickramasinghe @Kanchi_w]

Thanks for the publication opportunity @TourismIssues! @gift_griffith @Griffith_THS @GriffithBiz

[Current Issues in Tourism @TourismIssues]

#JCiTTweets Geographically and temporally disaggregated #Googledata increases accuracy of international #tourism demand #forecasts. Interesting research by @Kanchi_w and Shyama Ratnasiri https://t.co/mulJHnVtr0 FREE ACCESS @tandfsport @TourismIssues

[Australia in Sri Lanka @AusHCSriLanka]

Applications are now open! 🇦🇺

[IUCN @IUCN]

The number of assessed species on the @IUCNRedList is now 128,918 with over 35,500 threatened with #extinction.

Discover more about their status and what can be done https://t.co/eVEXoeHSOB

[Ecological Society of Australia @EcolSocAus]

Applications for the 2021 #AppliedForestEcology #Scholarship are open! This $3500 award provides support to an Honours/Masters student researching issues important to the management and #sustainability of forests.⁠ Closes 28 Feb.

Image: @laufw81

https://t.co/Rw7zV0r3hH

[Griffith University @Griffith_Uni]

Queensland Australian of the Year winner and 2021 national @ausoftheyear nominee Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM says he's humbled to be in such esteemed company. Dinesh is a @Griffith_Health grad & @ProjectBiospine researcher at #GriffithUni. Watch the awards on 25 Jan - ABC TV & iview!

[Australia Awards @AustraliaAwards]

Thank you #AustraliaAwards community. The past year has been challenging & your resilience and enthusiasm continues to inspire us. Applications for 2022 will open 1 Feb - more info soon!

[Kanchana Wickramasinghe @Kanchi_w]

Interesting article @freyahd ! " #Ecotourism should be more than fleeting feel-good experiences. It should not be a “value extraction” but a “values education”, inspiring visitors to go home and live more eco-consciously." @ConversationEDU

[Freya Higgins-Desbiolles @freyahd]

My recent article - Enjoy them while you can? The ecotourism challenge facing Australia's favourite islands https://t.co/NSBh6mhATa via @ConversationEDU

[Kanchana Wickramasinghe @Kanchi_w]

My first #PhD journal article published in @TourismIssues - (https://t.co/tyZPI863CK) #Forecasting #Economic impacts of #COVID19 via #tourism in #SriLanka ✈️✈️✈️@AcademicChatter #phdchat @PhDForum @Griffith_THS #phdchat #phdlife #phdvoice @GriffithBiz @Griffith_Uni @Griffith_HDR

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

IPS Research Economist @Kanchi_w examines the direct economic costs of COVID-19 on tourism in ‘Current Issues in Tourism’ journal. The paper provides important policy implications for improving post-pandemic tourism.

https://t.co/LpSgCBMt2P

[ARTNeT @ARTNeTontrade]

REMINDER: applications close in two days! - #ARTNeT Advanced Workshop on #AnalysingTrade and #TradePolicy with the Structural #GravityModel. Apply now!: https://t.co/Ec7RbE8MTc

[Kanchana Wickramasinghe @Kanchi_w]

#Forgone economic benefits via #tourism due to #COVID19 in #SriLanka – using #forecasting models, data from @sltda_srilanka & #Google search data. https://t.co/oB4rDbtaJB @gift_griffith @GriffithBiz #postcovid #tourismrecovery #COVID #phdlife