Dr Nicola Palmer

With a background in tourism studies, Nicola has researched and taught since the 1990s. Her research interests include socio-cultural policy issues in tourism, tourism development in rural areas, destination image and the representation of place. She is the co-author of Royal Tourism: Excursions around Monarchy, a book that looks at the relationships between tourism and royalty, in response to claims that the Royal Family is good for tourism.

Expertise:

• Socio-cultural policy issues in tourism
• Tourism development in rural areas
• The relationship between tourism and royalty, destination image and the representation of place
• Tourism in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic)
• Local and regional visitor economies

Photo courtesy of Thomas Depenbusch @Flickr