At a Glance

Academic Career

Academic Education:

2018: Postgraduate certificate in Tertiary Education (PGCTT), School of Education, The University of the South Pacific

2014: Dissertation (PhD) in Theoretical and Applied Geography, University of Vienna. (Title of dissertation: Migrating Into Tourist Business – Agency and Embeddedness of Ethnic Minority Street Vendors in Thailand)

2006: Master thesis (Msc): “Geography”, Graduation: Mag.rer.nat. University of Vienna, Department of Geography and Regional Research

 Awards & Scholarships:

2024: Overall Best Presenter Award for the presentation on ‘Sustainability & Wellbeing in Malaysian SMEs – Managerial Perspectives’, The 10^th International Conference on Hospitality & Tourism Management, 25-26 July, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2022: Best Paper award Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (category best graduate paper 2021 with Kosita Butratana for ‘Gender, class and paradoxical mobilities of Thai marriage migrants in Austria)

2014: Best paper award (The Consumption of European Cultural Tourism –  An Indicator of Asian Socio-economic Development and a Quest for Distinction, together with H. T. Bui). The 2014 TOSOK (Tourism Sciences Society of Korea) International Tourism Conference.

2014: Empowering Network for International Thai Studies (ENITS) Award. The Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. (Migrating into Tourist Business. Agency and Mixed Embeddedness of Ethnic Minority Women in Thailand).

2013: Theodor Körner Award: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf soziale Bewegungen in Südostasien. [Social movements in Southeast Asia]. A project of the Austrian society for Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS), (project head Dayana Parvanova).

2012-2015: Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Publishing grants for ASEAS (Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies)

Journal articles – *corresponding author:

Trupp, A.*, Salman, A., Stephenson M.L., Chan, L.F., & Gan, J.E. (2024). A Systematic Review of Challenges Faced by Micro and Small Enterprises in Tourism Destinations: Solutions through Resilience and Sustainable Development. Tourism, Planning & Development, Online first https://doi.org/10.1080/21568316.2024.2307970.

Nigatu, T. F., Trupp, A., & Teh, P.Y. (2024). A Bibliometric Analysis of Museum Visitors’ Experiences Research. Heritage, 7(10). 5495–5520. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7100260 

Rostami, A., Trupp, A., Stephenson, M.L. (2024). Female Solo Travel Experiences: An Autoethnography on Social and Emotional Challenges with Tourism Industry Stakeholders. Advances in Southeast Asian Studies, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-0112

Gan, J. E., Lim, J. P., Trupp, A., & Poon, W. C. (2024). State intervention and tourism business resilience: Exploring firm-level crisis responses. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 5(2), 100142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annale.2024.100142

Salman, A., Trupp. A.*, Stephenson, M., & Chan, L.F. (2024). Beyond Fear and Safety: Revenge Travel and International Tourists’ Intentions in the Post-Crisis Era. International Journal of Tourism Cities. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJTC-11-2023-0240

Trupp, A., & Lengauer, D. (2024). Researching Digital Platforms and Dynamics of Civic Space. Advances in Southeast Asian Studies, 17(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-0109

Nigatu, T.F., Ambaw, Z. G., Argaw, M.N., Trupp, A., Reshome, E. (2024). Opportunities and challenges for domestic tourism development in South Wollo, Ethiopia. Journal of Qualitative Research in Tourism, Vol. 5(2), 150-169. https://doi.org/10.4337/jqrt.2024.02.04

Salman, A., Trupp. A.*, & Chan, L.F. (2024). Tourism in times of crisis and post-crisis. A model linking revenge tourism, destination safety, and travel motivations to understand tourist’s post-pandemic travel intentions. Tourism. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 71(2), 252-261. https://doi.org/10.37741/t.72.2.9 

Nega, D., Trupp., A., & Teh, P.Y. (2024). Exploring the Activities of Religious Ministers and Festival Tourism at the Christmas Celebration in St. Lalibela, Ethiopia: A photo-based essay. International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, 12(i), 130-139. https://doi.org/10.21427/r0m6-ng32

Trupp, A.*, Shah, C., & Hitchcock, M. (2023). Globalisation, crafts, and tourism microentrepreneurship in the South Pacific: Economic and sociocultural dimensions. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 18(6), 733-755. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2023.2254422

Chaichi, K., Trupp, A*., Ranjanthran, M., & Thirumaran, K. (2023). Robotic life of casino employees: exploring well-being dimensions in the gambling industry in Malaysia. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 42(4), 512-529. DOI: 10.1108/EDI-02-2022-0051 

Anton, T. S., Trupp, A., Stephenson, M. L., & Chong, K. L. (2023). The Technology Adoption Model Canvas (TAMC): A Smart Framework to Guide the Advancement of Microbusinesses in Emerging Economies. Smart Cities, 6(6), 3297-3318. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/smartcities6060146

Shah, C., Trupp, A., & Stephenson, M. L. (2023). Conceptualising local perceptions of research‐related tourism in an indigenous village in Fiji. International Journal of Tourism Research, 25(4), 416-428. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2578

Tan, A. L., Trupp, A., & Tan, J. X. (2023). Dining out safely with food allergies: A comparative perspective from restaurant managers and servers in Malaysia. International Food Research Journal, 30(3), 750-763. DOI: 10.47836/ifrj.30.3.17

Fang, Y., Trupp, A.*, Hess, J. S., & Ma, S. (2022). Tourism under climate crisis in Asia: impacts and implications. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1-17. Online first: https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2022.2112202

Trupp*, A., Pratt, S., Stephenson, M. L., Matatolu, I., & Gibson, D. (2022). Representing and evaluating the travel motivations of Pacific islanders. International Journal of Tourism Research. Online first: https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2528

Ng, K-A., Trupp, A., & Phongpanichanan, C. (2022). Hospitality graduates’ career intentions during COVID-19: evidence from Malaysia. Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2022.2128984

Atikah, R. S., Tan, A. L., Trupp, A., Chong, K. L., Arni, A. G., & Arumugam, V. M. (2022). The Emergence of A New Religious Travel Segment: Umrah Do It Yourself Travellers (DIY). GeoJournal of Tourism & Geosites, 40(1), 37-48. https://doi.org/10.30892/gtg.40104-800

Kumar, N., Trupp, A., & Pratt, S. (2022). Linking tourists’ and micro-entrepreneurs’ perceptions of souvenirs: the case of Fiji. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 27(1), 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2021.1998160

Shah, C., Trupp, A.*, & Stephenson, M. L. (2022). Deciphering tourism and the acquisition of knowledge: Advancing a new typology of ‘Research-related Tourism (RrT)’. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 50, 21-30. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.12.003

Butratana, K. & Trupp, A.* (2021): Gender, class, and paradoxical mobilities of Thai marriage migrants in Austria. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 42(1), 85-106. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjtg.12343 

Trupp, A.*, & Dolezal, C. (2020). Tourism and the sustainable development goals in Southeast Asia. Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 13(1), 1-16. (Q3) https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-0026

Nomnian, S., Trupp, A., Niyomthong, W., Tangcharoensathaporn, P., & Charoenkongka, A. (2020). Language and Community-Based Tourism. Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 13(1), 57-79. (Q3) DOI: 10.14764/10.ASEAS-0029

Shah, C. & Trupp, A.* (2020): Trends in consumer behaviour and accommodation choice: perspectives from India. Anatolia. An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, 31(2), 244-259. (Q2) DOI: 10.4324/9781003158783-6

Statham, P., Scuzzarello, S., Sunanta, S., & Trupp, A. (2020). Globalising Thailand through gendered ‘both-ways’ migration pathways with ‘the West’: cross-border connections between people, states, and places. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(8), 1513-1542. (Q1) https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1711567

Bui, Huong T. & Trupp, A.* (2020): Asian tourism in Europe. Consumption, distinction, mobility, and diversity. Tourism Recreation Research, 45(1), 4-18. DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2019.1634305 (Q1)

Mafi, M., Pratt, S., & Trupp, A.* (2019): Determining Ecotourism Satisfaction Attributes – A Case Study of an Ecolodge in Fiji. Journal of Ecotourism, 1-23, DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2019.1698585 (Q1)

Mate, M., Trupp, A., & Pratt, S. (2019): Managing Negative Online Accommodation Reviews: Evidence from the Cook Islands. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 35(5), 627-644. https://doi.org/10.1080/10548408.2019.1612823 (Q1)

Trupp, A.*, & Sunanta, S. (2017). Gendered practices in urban ethnic tourism in Thailand. Annals of Tourism Research, 64, 76-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.02.004 (Q1)

Sakulsri, T., Tadee, R., & Trupp, A. (2017). Analyzing International Migrant Responses to Crisis Situations in the Context of Floods in Thailand. Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 10(2), 257-264. https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-2017.2-8

Trupp, A.,* & Bui, Huong T. (2016): Thai Outbound Tourism to Austria: Trends and Issues. In: SDU Research Journal Humanities and Social Sciences, 12(1), 1-14. https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/9486/

Dolezal, C. and Trupp, A. (2015): Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia. In:  Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies 8(2), 117-124. https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-2015.2-1

Trupp, A. (2015): Agency, Social Capital, and Mixed Embeddedness among Akha Ethnic Minority Street Vendors in Thailand’s Tourist Areas. In: Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 30(3), 779-817. DOI: 10.1355/sj30-3f (Q2)

Trupp, A (2015): The Development of Ethnic Minority Souvenir Business over Time and Space. In: IJAPS – International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies 11(1). 145-167 (Q3)

Trupp, A. (2015): Akha Souvenir Sellers in Thailand’s Urban Tourist Areas: Social, Economic, and Political Structures. In: Rian Thai – International Journal of Thai Studies 8, 1-22.

Bui, T. Huong & Trupp, Alexander (2014): The Development and Diversity of Asian Tourism in Europe: The case of Vienna. In: International Journal of Tourism Sciences 14(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15980634.2014.11434689

Trupp, A. (2014): Host Perspectives on Ethnic Minority Tourism in Northern Thailand. In: International Journal of Tourism Consumption and Practice, 6 (1), 58-80

Trupp, A. & Dolezal, C.(2013). Editorial: Mobilities in Southeast Asia. In: ASEAS – Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 6(1), 235–241.

Trupp, A. (2011). Editorial: Tourismus im Fokus/Tourism in Focus. In: ASEAS – Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 4 (1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-4.1-1

Trupp, A. (2011). Exhibiting the ‘Other’ Then and Now: ‘Human Zoos’ in Southern China and Thailand. In: ASEAS – Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 4 (1), 139–149.

Butratana, Kosita & Trupp, A. (2011). Thai Communities in Vienna. In: ASEAS – Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 4 (1), 183–190. https://doi.org/10.4232/10.ASEAS-4.1-14

Trupp, A. (2009). Südostasiens ethnische Minderheiten im Spannungsfeld von Marginalisierung, Assimilierung und nationaler Integration. In: Geographische Rundschau, 10, 26–31. (Q2)

Trupp, A. & Kosita Butratana (2009). Images of Hans Manndorff’s Anthropological Research on the ‘Hill Tribes’ of Northern Thailand. In: ASEAS – Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 2 (2), 153–161.

Trupp, A. (2008). Ethnotourismus in Nordthailand: Perspektiven der Akha und Karen, dargestellt am Beispiel zweier touristisch unterschiedlich entwickelter Hilltribedörfer. In: Geographischer Jahresbericht aus Österreich Band 62/63 (Doppelband) Wien: Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung der Universität Wien, 185–213.

Monographs, edited books and special issues:

Trupp, A. & Lengauer, D. (managing editors) (2024). Advances in Southeast Asian Studies 17(2), 1-100.

Statham, P., Scuzzarello, S., Sunanta, S., & Trupp, A. (Eds.). (2021). Thai-western Mobilities and Migration: Intimacy Within Cross-border Connections. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003188780

Dolezal, C., Trupp, A., & Bui, T. H. (Eds) (2020): Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Tourism-and-Development-in-Southeast-Asia-1st-Edition/Dolezal-Trupp-Bui/p/book/9780367209254

Dolezal, C. & Trupp, A. (managing editors) (2020) Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals. Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies 13(1). Vienna: Society for South-East Asian Studies.

Statham, P., Scuzzarello, S., Sunanta, S. and Trupp, A. (guest eds.) (2020): Thai-Western mobilities and migration.  Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Trupp, A. and Einzenberger, R. (managing editors) (2017): Philanthropy, Giving, and Development. Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies 10(2).

Trupp, A. (2017): Migration, Micro-Business and Tourism in Thailand: Highlanders in the City. London: Routledge.

Dolezal, C. and Trupp, A. (managing editors) (2015): Special Issue: Tourism and Development. Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies 8(2). Vienna: Society for South-East Asian Studies

Husa, K., Trupp, A. & Wohlschlägl, H. (Eds.) (2014), Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions. Issues and Trends in Tourism and Migration. Vienna: Department of Geography and Regional Research.

Trupp, A. and Dolezal, C. (managing editors) (2013), Special Issue Mobilities. Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies 6(2). Vienna: Society for South-East Asian Studies.

Dabringer, M. & Trupp, A. (Eds.) (2012), Wirtschaften mit Migrationshintergrund. Zur soziokulturellen Bedeutung ethnischer Ökonomien in urbanen Räumen. Reihe Konzepte und Kontroversen. Materialien für Unterricht und Wissenschaft in Geschichte – Geographie – Politische Bildung. Wien: StudienVerlag.

Trupp, A. (managing editor) (2011), Focus Tourism. Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies. Vienna: Society for South-East Asian Studies.

Trupp, A. & Trupp, C. (Eds.) (2009), Ethnotourismus – Interkulturelle Begegnung auf Augenhöhe? Wien: Mandelbaumverlag.

Book sections:

Trupp, A. (2023). Tourism, micro-entrepreneurship, and handicrafts in the Solomon Islands. In M. L. Stephenson (ed) Routledge Handbook on Tourism and Small Island States in the Pacific (pp. 191-204). Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9780429019968-15

Mafi-Stephens, M., Kuilamu, M., & Trupp, A. (2023). Opportunities and challenges of ecotourism development in Fiji: Evidence from an eco-resort and a marine park. In M. L. Stephenson (ed) Routledge Handbook on Tourism and Small Island States in the Pacific, 232-242. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429019968 

Prideaux, B., & Trupp, A. (2023). Tuvalu: A paradise rarely visited. In M. L. Stephenson (ed) Routledge Handbook on Tourism and Small Island States in the Pacific, (pp. 366-378). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429019968 

Sharma, K., & Trupp, A. (2023) An assessment of the social media marketing performance of Fiji’s hotel industry before and during COVID-19. In M. L. Stephenson (2023), Routledge Handbook on Tourism and Small Island States in the Pacific (pp. 219-231). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429019968 

Stephenson, M. L., Trupp, A., & Shah, C. (2023) Understanding tourism development in the Federated States of Micronesia: Reshaping sustainable ways forward for a post-pandemic future. In M. L. Stephenson (ed) Routledge Handbook on Tourism and Small Island States in the Pacific (pp. 295-310). Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9780429019968-24

Butratana, K., Trupp, A., & Husa, K. (2022). Intersections of tourism, cross-border marriage, and retirement migration in Thailand. In Bloch, N. & Adams, K. (eds.), Intersections of tourism, migration, and exile (pp. 148-169). Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003182689-9

Shah, C., & Trupp, A. (2022). Research-related Tourism. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing (pp. 687-689). Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800377486.research-related.tourism 

Trupp, A., Matatolu, I., & Movono, A. (2021). Gender and benefit-sharing in indigenous tourism microentrepreneurship. In D. Morais (ed) Tourism Microentrepreneurship (51-63). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2042-144320210000012005

Dolezal, C., Trupp, A., & Bui, H. T. (2020). Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia: Concluding Remarks and Future Outlook. In C. Dolezal, A. Trupp, & H. T. Bui (Eds.), Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia (pp. 214-218). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429264191-14 

Dolezal, C., Trupp, A., & Leepreecha, P. (2020). Researching Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia. Methodological Insights. In C. Dolezal, A. Trupp, & H. T. Bui (Eds.), Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia (41-56). London: Routledge.

Trupp, A. (2020). Migration into Tourism Micro-entrepreneurship – Socioeconomic Advancement or Mobility Trap? In C. Dolezal, A. Trupp, & H. T. Bui (Eds.), Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia (pp. 118-132). London: Routledge.

Trupp, A., Dolezal, C., & Bui, H. T. (2020). Mapping Tourism, Sustainability, and Development in Southeast Asia. In C. Dolezal, A. Trupp, & H. T. Bui (Eds.), Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia (pp. 3-22). London: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9780429264191-1

Trupp, A., Matatolu, I., Bhai, K., & Raturi, S. (2020): Augmented and virtual reality and its potential in higher education in the fields of tourism, STEM, and medicine. In S. Raturi (Ed.), Learning technologies and higher education: A Pacific perspective.

Trupp, A. (2018): Tourismus in Suedostasien. Entwicklung und Trends. In K. Husa, R. Korff, and H. Wohlschlaegl (ed.), Suedostasien (pp. 274-291), Vienna: New Academic Press.

Trupp, A., Apipornchaisakul, K., Bravi, A., Punpuing, S., Sakulsri, T., Schaur, K., Tadee, R. (2017): The Thai Floods 2011: Impacts and Consequences on Migrants from Myanmar, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Vietnam. In. K. Husa and H. Wohlschlaegl (Eds), Hilltribes, Labour Migrants, Foreign Retirees. Different Immigrant groups, different problems: Three case studies from Thailand (pp. 93-172). Vienna: Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna.

Trupp, A. (2014a). Ethnic Tourism in Northern Thailand: Viewpoints of the Akha and the Karen. In K. Husa, A. Trupp and H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions. Recent Trends in Tourism and Migration (pp. 346-376). Vienna: Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna.

Trupp, A. (2014b). Migration in die berufliche Selbstständigkeit – Chancen und Herausforderungen ethnischer Minderheiten in Thailands touristischen Zentren. In I. Atac, M. Fanizadeh, A. Kraler & W. Manzenreiter (Eds.), Welten in Bewegung: Neue Perspektiven auf Migration & Entwicklung (pp. 117-132). Vienna: Promedia.

Trupp, A. (2014c). Rural-Urban Migration and Ethnic Minority Enterprise. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Contemporary socio-cultural and political perspectives in Thailand (pp. 267–282). Dordrecht: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7244-1_17 

Butratana, K. & Trupp, A. (2014). Thai female migration to Austria. In K. Husa, A. Trupp and H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions. Issues and Trends in Tourism and Migration (pp. 220-236). Vienna: Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna.

Husa, Karl, Trupp, Alexander & Wohlschlägl, Helmut (2014). Introduction: Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions. In K. Husa, A. Trupp and H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions. Issues and Trends in Tourism and Migration (pp.7-16). Vienna: Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna.

Dabringer, Maria & Alexander Trupp (2012). Zur soziokulturellen Bedeutung „ethnischer“ Ökonomien in urbanen Räumen. In Trupp, Alexander & Maria Dabringer (Hrsg.), Wirtschaften mit Migrationshintergrund. Zur soziokulturellen Bedeutung ethnischer Ökonomien in urbanen Räumen (pp. 7-14). Wien: Studienverlag.

Trupp, Alexander (2011). Mit den Augen der Bereisten – Handlungen und Wahrnehmungen im Ethnotourismus Nordthailands. In K. Husa & H. Wohlschlägl (Hrsg.), Südost- und Südasien. Demographische, soziale und regionale Transformationen (S. 249-281). Wien, Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung (Abhandlungen zur Geographie und Regionalforschung), Band 13.

Trupp, Alexander (2009). Alle Menschen sind gleich, aber einige sind gleicher. Von asymmetrischen Beziehungen im Hilltribe-Tourismus Südostasiens. In A. Trupp & C. Trupp (Hrsg.), Ethnotourismus – Interkulturelle Begegnung auf Augenhöhe? (S. 97-116). Wien: Mandelbaumverlag.

Trupp, Alexander & Trupp, Claudia (2009). Zur Einführung: Ethnotourismus und die Konstruktion von Authentizität. In A. Trupp & C. Trupp, (Hrsg.), Ethnotourismus – Interkulturelle Begegnung auf Augenhöhe? (S. 7-20). Wien: Mandelbaumverlag.

Media & Outreach:

Tourism & Climate Change in Asia, with Alexander Trupp, Sunway University. In: The South East Asia Travel Show (2022) – Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tourism-climate-change-in-asia-with-alexander-trupp/id1491745203?i=1000577326713

Are we experiencing Southeast Asia’s tourism turnaround after two years of COVID-19?. In: Business Today, 06 February 2022. https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2022/02/06/are-we-experiencing-southeast-asias-tourism-turnaround-after-two-years-of-covid-19/

Zentraler Wirtschaftszweig: Tourismus in Vanuatu. In: Weltgebetstag Arbeitsheft 2021. Schwerpunkt Vanuatu.

SE Asia eyes gains from vaccine pass. In: China Daily, 23 March 2021: https://www.chinadailyhk.com/article/161228

Milagres College hosted International level webinar on the economic crisis and its impact on sustainable ecotourism. In: Pingara online, 01 July 2020: https://www.pingara.com/post/milagres-college-hosted-international-level-webinar-economic-crisis-and-its-impact-sustainable-ecotourism

Mangaluru: International webinar held at Milagres College. In: Daijiworld online, 01 July 2020: http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=725579

Academic Analysis. In: The Fiji Times online, 18 April, 2017: http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=397117

Nachhaltiger Tourismus als Hoffnungsträger. In: Weltnachrichten 1/2017, pp. 4-7

STHM welcomes Dr. Alexander Trupp In: South Pacific Tourism Organization, 03 August 2016. http://spto.org/news/18-news/5359-sthm-welcomes-dr-alexander-trupp

Die Party geht weiter. In: Fluter, 20 June 2016, Print and Online: http://www.fluter.de/die-party-geht-weiter

Thai-Frauen: Kampf gegen das schlechte Image. In: Die Presse Printausgabe, 14 March 2012, Print and Online: http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/integration/739929/ThaiFrauen_Kampf-gegen-schlechtes-Image

Zurück zum Menschenzoo? In: Südwind-Magazin 7-8, p. 12 (2012)

Ethnotourismus. In: Oesterreich 1 Radio, 20 January 2010: http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/202774

Bambus, Blech und Kalebassen. Das andere Spielzeug. Sonderausstellung im Leopold Museum November 20–February 3, 2010, Wien (co-author).

From Hillside to Roadside: Hilltribetourismus im urbanen Kontext – das Beispiel Thailand. In: Integra – Zeitschrift für integrativen Tourismus, 1, Wien, 15–17. (2007)

Key Note Presentations

How to write a manuscript for publication? Tips for successful manuscript submission in Scopus (keynote). Publication symposium, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Burapha University, Thailand, 09.05.2024.

Power, Language, and Intercultural Encounters in Ethnic and Cultural Tourism (keynote), 3rd LINC 2024 Virtual International Conference “Language, Intercultural Communication, and Soft Power: Issues and Trends”, Mahidol University, Thailand, 19.2.2024

Multiculturalism and Resilience of Tourism in Thailand and Southeast Asia (keynote), 2^nd National and International Conference on Languages, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education. Princess of Naradhiwas University, Thailand, 31.5.2023

Cultural Geographies and Ethnic Tourism in Southeast Asia (keynote), International Conference on Cultural Geographies, Surindra Rajabhat University, Surin, Thailand, 18.01.2015

Invited Lectures and Seminars:

Has the landscape of tourism and hospitality research changed due to the pandemic? (panel discussant), Joint Research Symposium “Post-pandemic tourism and hospitality research: Global insights”, Edith Cowan University, Australia, 01.12.2023.

Introduction of the Asia Pacific Centre for Hospitality Research, Bah! Mari Pigi Sabah & Labuan (Let’s Go to Sabah & Labuan) Industry event, Tourism Malaysia and Sabah Tourism Board, Malaysia, 25.5.2023

Tourism Research in Thailand and Southeast Asia, Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism, Price of Songkla University, Thailand, 19.1.2023.

Research and collaboration outlook, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Thailand, 16.1.2023.

Tourism and Development, Faculty of Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand 10.01.2023.

Thailand inside-out: paradoxical mobilities and intersections of tourism and migration, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 28.10.2022.

Submissions to Academic Journals, James Cook University Singapore, 27.10.2022

From no Tourism to New Tourism: Re-thinking and Re-Launching Tourism in the Post-Epidemic Era, APEC Tourism Recovery Index Release and Best Practice Sharing, Beijing International Studies University, China, Virtual Meeting, 23.9.2022.

Publishing with Advances in Southeast Asian Studies (ASEAS) – Meet the editor, for members of the Southeast Asia Research Academy (SEARA). 03.08.2022.

Ethnic & Indigenous Tourism in the Asia Pacific. Research Talk in the Garden, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA), Mahidol University, Thailand, 22.6.2022. 

Qualitative research in the new normal, resource speaker at the 11^th Hyacinth Research Lecture and Awarding 2022, University of Santo Tomas, the Philippines, 26.6.2022.

Tourism and Sustainable Development: rebuilding travel for a resilient future. Webinar discussion on the Development of Sustainable Tourism Industry, Department of Management, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh, 30.04.2021.

Developing online research profiles: From ‘publish or perish’ to ‘be visible or vanish’? Professional Development Mini Series. Sunway University, Malaysia, 23.4.2021.

Hospitality & Tourism, and the impact of global capitalism and transnational service work, featured speaker at Master in international Hospitality preview series, Sunway University, Malaysia, 11.8.2020

Tourism and Sustainable Development Goals. International Webinar by Milagres College, India, on Financial crisis and its impact on sustainable eco-tourism, 30.6.2020.

Developing academic online profiles to increase the visibility of our research. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Thailand, 11.09.2019.

Editor Talk: Route to write and publish English articles for international journals. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Thailand, 11.09.2019.

Tourism and indigenous micro-entrepreneurship in the South Pacific. Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 06.09.2019.

Qualitative Research in Tourism Studies – Fieldwork Reflections from Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands Region. Sunway University, Malaysia, 17.12.2018

Tourismus in Südostasien. Entwicklung und Trends. University of Vienna, Austria, 13.12.2018.

The Critical Tourism Studies – Asia-Pacific Conference: A Review and Ways Forward, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji, 14.03.2018

Ethnic and Indigenous Tourism in the Asia-Pacific Region, Port Vila Emalus Campus, Vanuatu, 27.09.2016

Ethnic Tourism in Southeast Asia – Unequal intercultural encounters?, Department of Geography, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 19.02.2015

Getting Published – Guidelines for PhD Students, Surindra Rajabhat University, Surin, Thailand, 19.01.2015

Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism, tourism course guest lecture, Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan, 18.07.2014

Ethnic Tourism in Southeast Asia, Ritsumeikan Center for Asia Studies (RCPS) research seminar, Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan, 17.07.2014

Migration in die berufliche Selbstständigkeit – Chancen und Herausforderungen ethnischer Minderheiten in Thailand, Vortrag im Rahmen der RV GLOBAL STUDIES: Welten in Bewegung. Neue Perspektiven auf Migration und Entwicklung, Universität Graz, Graz, Austria, 13.11.2013

Migration in die berufliche Selbstständigkeit – Chancen und Herausforderungen ethnischer Minderheiten in Thailand, Vortrag im Rahmen der RV Migration und Entwicklung, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria, 14.10.2013

Tourism and Migration: Ethnic minority entrepreneurs between self-fulfillment and self-exploitation, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Thailand, Mahidol University, Thailand, 29.03.2012

Ethnotourismus. Interkulturelle Begegnung auf Augenhöhe, Geocafe_9, Vienna, Austria 22.02.2011

Tourism in Thailand. Selected Issues, guest lecture in the context of the SEAS Study Experience 2011, Bangkok, Thailand, 14.07.2011

Ethnotourismus. Interkulturelle Begegnung auf Augenhöhe?, Café Géographique, Vienna, Austria, 22.02.2011

Von ungleichen Beziehungen im Hilltribe-Tourismus Südostasiens, Vortrag im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung „Ethnotourismus – Interkulturelle Begegnung auf Augenhöhe“, University of Vienna, Austria, 16.11.2009

Ethnic Tourism in Northern Thailand, Social Research Institute, Chiang Mai University, 01.05.2006

Organized / Moderated Workshops and Scientific Panels:

Immobility, mobility, and methodological innovations, Panel 9 at 8^th Conference on Migration Research in Austria, University of Innsbruck, 18-20 September, 2024

Embedding the Framework of Culture of Health in SMEs, A comparative perspective between Japan and Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, & Vietnam), Webinar Sunway University, 13. April 2023

Meet the editors. Asia Pacific CHRIE conference 2022 ‘Creating Tourism Sustainably in Challenging Times’, Sunway University, 23-25 May 2022.

Academic Networking sessions, The 3^rd International Tourism and Retail Service Management (TRMC) Conference, Sunway University, Malaysia, 12-13 October 2021

Sustainable Tourism, TTRA Asia Pacific Chapter Conference, RMIT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1-3 December, 2018

Ethics and Sustainability in Tourism, Critical Tourism Studies – Asia Pacific, Yogyakarta, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia, 3-6 March, 2018

Introduction to organizing and analyzing qualitative data with Nvivo, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji,  01.06.2017

Co-moderation of The 12^th IPSR Annual Conference on Transnational Migration, Mahidol, University, Thailand, 01.07.2016

MICIC – Migrants in Countries in Crisis Methodology Workshop. Nakhon Pathom, Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand, 25.04.2016

Tourism and Development in South-East Asia: Unravelling the Complexities of Tourism for Poverty Alleviation (together with Claudia Dolezal), 8th EUROSEAS conference, University of Vienna, Austria, 11.-14.8.2015

Transnational Mobilities into and out of Thailand (together with Sirijit Sunanta), 8th EUROSEAS conference, Vienna, 11.-14.8.2015

Bangkok Street Vending: Gender, Diversity, Informality and the Contestation of Urban Space (together with Sirijit Sunanta), Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, 16.12.2014

Philippinen-Vorträge (together with Arlene Castaneda), Weltmuseum Wien, 06.06.2014

Anthropology of Tourism (together with Claudia Dolezal), 7. Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, University of Vienna, Austria, 24.–25.05.2012

Book Launches / Presentations:

Reflections on book publications: Tourism and development in Southeast Asia, 3rd Critical Tourism Studies – Asia Pacific Conference, Hanoi, British University Vietnam, 13-17 February 2023.

Dolezal, Claudia, Trupp, Alexander, & Bui, Thanh Huong (Eds) (2020): Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia. London: Routledge. Virtual Book Launch, 23.06.2020

Trupp, A. (2017). Migration, Micro-Business and Tourism in Thailand. Highlanders in the city. London: Routledge. At the University of the South Pacific, Suva, 04.04. 2017

Trupp, Alexander & Maria Dabringer (2012): Wirtschaften mit Migrationshintergrund. Zur soziokulturellen Bedeutung ethnischer Ökonomien in urbanen Räumen. Reihe Konzepte und Kontroversen. Materialien für Unterricht und Wissenschaft in Geschichte – Geographie – Politische Bildung. StudienVerlag, Vienna: in the context of 7. Tage der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, 25.05.2012

Trupp, Alexander & Claudia Trupp, Hrsg. (2009): Ethnotourismus – Interkulturelle Begegnung auf Augenhöhe? Wien, Mandelbaumverlag. Vienna: im Vereinshaus zur Förderung von Studien zur Interkulturellen Geschichte (VSIG), 15.10.2009

Teaching:

Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Innsbruck (since 10/2024)

• 716403 SE Aspekte der Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehung (Master)
• 716511 VU Sozialwissenschaftliche Methoden: qualitative ko-produktive, partizipative und kreative Methoden (Master)
• 716042 SE Seminar mit Bachelorarbeit

School of Hospitality and Service Management, Sunway University (04/2020-08/2024)

• TOU 1054: Business of Tourism and Hospitality (undergraduate)
• RSM 2024/2014: Research Methods for Tourism and Hospitality (undergraduate, co-lecturer)
• TOU2044/ MU3 2524: Sustainable Tourism Development (undergraduate, lecturer)
• EVT 2014: Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (undergraduate, tutor)
• EVT 3024: Festival and Hallmark Events (undergraduate, tutor)
• BUS 5024: Competitive Strategies for Hospitality Business (postgraduate, co-lecturer)
• RSM 5054: Research Methods for Hospitality and Tourism (postgraduate, subject leader)
• MGT 5103: Leadership for Hospitality Business (postgraduate, co-lecturer)
• Sustainable City Destination programme, Summer School for foreign students (lecturer)

School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, The University of the South Pacific (2016-2020)

• TS 413 Special topic in tourism studies (postgraduate, course coordinator)
• TS 401 Current issues in tourism and hospitality (postgraduate, course coordinator)
• TS 311 Sustainable tourism development (undergraduate, course coordinator, tutor)
• TS 310 Tourism in less developed regions / tourism for development (undergraduate, course coordinator, tutor)
• TS 213 International tourism (undergraduate, course coordinator)
• TS 106 Introduction to tourism (undergraduate, course coordinator)

Department of Geography & Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria (2009-2016)

• 290077 and 290078 (undergraduate): Introduction to Scientific Thinking and Method
• 290249 (undergraduate, graduate): Immigrant Entrepreneurs – the socio-cultural role of ‘ethnic’ economies in urban areas
• 290228 (undergraduate, graduate): Ethnic Tourism. Equality in intercultural encounters?
• 290111 (graduate): Seminar Human and Regional Geography: Thailand
• 290431 (undergraduate, graduate): Preparatory Course for the Scientific Ex: Southeast Asia – Rural Areas and Megacity Development
• 290123 (undergraduate, graduate): PS Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion Abroad – Mountainous- and Megacity regions in Transition. Socioeconomic Transformations in Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
• 290024 (undergraduate, graduate): Preparatory Course for the Scientific Excursion Abroad: Thailand/Myanmar Borderlands: Socioeconomic and Political Transformations in Southeast Asia
• 290170 (undergraduate, graduate): Scientific Excursion: Southeast Asia: Rural Areas and Megacity Development (Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam)
• 290170 (undergraduate, graduate) Thailand/Lao PDR/Cambodia: – Socioeconomic, Environmental and Political Transformations in the Greater Mekong Subregion
• 290018 (undergraduate, graduate): Excursion in Human Geography: Southeast Asian Communities in Vienna
• 290026 (undergraduate, graduate): Field Trip: Southeast-Asia and East-Asia in Vienna
• 290206 (undergraduate, graduate): Southeast Asia: Demographic, economic and socio-cultural transformation processes
• 290400 (graduate): Qualitative Methods in the Context of Southeast Asian Field Research
• 290250 (graduate, postgraduate): Doing Fieldwork: Qualitative Research Methods in the Context of Asian Communities in Vienna

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, Austria (2010 and 2012)

• Teaching: 290149 (graduate): Ethnic Tourism. Concepts, Forms and Power Relations

Research Institute for Language and Cultures of Asia (RILCA), Mahidol University, Thailand (2014)

• Teaching: LCMS (603): Seminar on Current Issues on Multicultural Studies

Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Maha Sarakham University, Thailand. (invited guest lecturer 2010)

• Human Geography
• Qualitative Research Methods for Geographers
• Ecotourism