INTRODUCTION

Dr. Dan Zhu (1989-), Associate Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of the Glorious Sun School of Management of Donghua University, specializes in research areas such as tourist consumption behavior, mobilities, and Chinese outbound tourism.Dr. Zhu has published over 10 journal papers, and presided over 3 scientific projects. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

My research interest focuses on integrating interdisciplinary perspectives from management, geography, and other social sciences to reveal the intrinsic relationship among the diverse tourism products, consumption practices, and local development within the tourism sector, so as to promote the development of tourism destinations and satisfy the people's aspirations for a better life. I welcome students who are interested in this field to apply for my master's and doctoral programs, and embark on this journey filled with challenges and discoveries together!

Education

• 2011.09-2016.09  Tourism Management, School of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-sen University, Ph.D.

• 2007.09-2011.06  Tourism Management, School of Tourism Management, Sun Yat-sen University, B.A.

Work Experience

• Since 2022.09 Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Associate professor

• since 2019.01   Glorious Sun School of Business and Management, Donghua University, Lecturer

• 2016.10-2018.12  Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Lecturer

Academic Experience

• 2014.09-2015.09  Human Geography, Eichstedt-Ingolstadt Catholic University, Joint Training of Doctoral Student

Honors and Awards

• 2018.03  Excellent Award of Tourism Research Academic Papers (ranked No.2)

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Journal Papers

1. Zhu, D., & Xu, H*. (2021). Guides’ handling of multiple roles in interactions with tourists: The prism of impression management. Tourism management,85, 104306. SSCI

2. Zhu, D., He, H., Yang, X. S., & Xu, H. (2024). A gift from travel: The shift of gift-giving in the new mobilities paradigm. Tourism Management Perspectives, 51, 101236. SSCI Q1

3. Zhu, D., & Xu, H. (2023). Framing a Relational Typology of Tourism Shopping Space by Affective Atmosphere: Thinking with Assemblage. Journal of China Tourism Research, 1-25.

4. Liu, F., Zhu, D., & Xu, H*. (2023). Craftspeople's autonomy in an “organization-craftspeople-tourist” ternary work structure. Tourism Management Perspectives, 47, 101132. SSCI Q1

5. Zhu, D., Xu, H*.(2022). Novice tourists’ play experience in commercial outdoor adventure tourism: the perspective of reversal theory. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 39, 100529. SSCI

6. 朱丹*. (2022). Tourist-companion Robot’s Interactions in the Context of CountryPark：Relationship Performance and Tourist Experience. Tourism Science，36,（4）：1-23. CSSCI

7. Zhu, D., Wang, J., Wang, P*., & Xu, H. (2022). How to Frame Destination Foodscapes? A Perspective of Mixed Food Experience. Foods, 11(12), 1706. SCI

8. Zhu, D*., Wang, J.Y. & Wang, M.F. (2022). Sustainable tourism destination image projection: the inter-influences between DMOs and tourists. Sustainability, 14(5), 3073. SSCI

9. Zhu, D*., Xu, H., & Yao, Y. (2022). The Wellbeing of Chinese Migrating Grandparents Supporting Adult Children: Negotiating in Home-Making Practices. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 9903.

10. Zhu, D., Wang, K., & Xu, H. (2018). The impact and implementation path of Chinese outbound tourism to construct China’s soft power. World Regional Studies, 27(4): 45-56.

11. Zhu, D., Chimita, B., & Xu, H. (2017). Self-development of Chinese overseas students in their European travels. Journal of China Tourism Research, 13(1): 46-64.

12. Xu, H., Zhu, D., & Bao, J. (2016). Sustainability and nature-based mass tourism: Lessons from China's approach to the Huangshan Scenic Park. Journal of Sustainable Tourism,24(2):182-202. SSCI 

13. Zhu, D., Xu, H., & Jiang, L. (2016). Behind buying: The Chinese gaze on European commodities. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 21(3): 293-311  SSCI

Chapters, Academic Books, and Textbooks

1. Zhu, D. (2021). A sociological reading of the shopping behavior of Chinese outbound tourists in Europe, Shanghai: Shanghai Jiaotong University.