ABOUT ME
Chin Ee ONG hails from the sunny Southeast Asian island of Singapore but has travelled much of his academic life - Macao (for much of his pre-PhD academic work), New Zealand (for his PhD), the Netherlands, Singapore and China (as faculty member). A Full Professor of Cultural and Tourism Management starting from September 2023, Chin Ee returns to the place that inspired him to be a university-based researcher and teacher and is tasked with developing courses and research in culture, creative industries, heritage and tourism.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Outbound Chinese Tourism
The travels and experiences of Chinese tourists.
EDUCATION
Theming and Theme Parks in Asia
The processes of theming in everyday life and the role of theme parks in our contemporary lives.
2008-2011
University of Waikato
Doctor of Philosophy (Tourism Management)
Dark tourism, Refugee Camps and Carceral Geographies
Issue of representation and control in spaces of difficult pasts and constrained freedoms.
Heritage, Labour and/in Cultural Tourism
Peoples who work in cultural and tourism tourism.
2002 - 2004
National University of Singapore
Masters of Social Science (Research, Geography)
1999 - 2002
National University of Singapore
Bachelor of Social Science (Hons, Geography)