Pankaj Kumar

Pankaj Kumar is an Assistant Professor at Mizoram University (A Central University), Mizoram, India. He is an academician, researcher and consultant in the area of travel, tourism and hospitality management with over 7 years (Post Ph.D.) of teaching and research experience. Dr. Kumar has formerly also worked with Amity University Noida, India, Himgiri ZEE University Dehradun, India and Arba Minch University, Ethiopia, Africa. Dr. Pankaj kumar completed his ‘Master of Arts in Tourism Management’ from prestigious Indian university ‘Banaras Hindu University’ Varanasi, India. He pursued his Ph.D from ‘Centre for Mountain Tourism & Hospitality Studies’, HNB Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India. He has published over a dozen research papers in Journals, 8 book chapters and edited two books. His research expertise encompasses diverse areas of tourism and hospitality such as Sustainable Tourism, Ecotourism, Community-based Tourism, Heritage Tourism, Rural Tourism and Tourism Business

Publications

Achieving Sustainable Transformation in Tourism and Hospitality Sectors
Achieving Sustainable Transformation in Tourism and Hospitality Sectors
Pankaj Kumar, S.K. Gupta, Maximiliano E. Korstanje, Prakash Chandra Rout, Madhurima. © 2024. 461 pages.
In the sector of global tourism, a critical challenge has taken center stage — the imperative for sustainable transformation. The World Tourism Organization has declared the...
Managing Tourism and Hospitality Sectors for Sustainable Global Transformation
Managing Tourism and Hospitality Sectors for Sustainable Global Transformation
Pankaj Kumar, S.K. Gupta, Maximiliano E. Korstanje, Prakash Chandra Rout, Madhurima. © 2024. 323 pages.
The tourism and hospitality sectors face significant challenges in balancing economic growth with environmental preservation and socio-cultural integrity. The rapid growth of...
Tourism and Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring the Nexus Through Bibliometric Analysis
Tourism and Sustainable Development Goals: Exploring the Nexus Through Bibliometric Analysis
Rahul Bora, Aditya Sharma, Himanshu Bhusan Rout, Pankaj Kumar. © 2024. 16 pages.
Tourism is a global industry that is increasingly recognised for its intricate relationship with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This chapter aims to conduct a...
Homestay Tourism in Indian Himalayas: Progress, Participant Experiences, and Challenges
Homestay Tourism in Indian Himalayas: Progress, Participant Experiences, and Challenges
Aditya Sharma, Pankaj Kumar. © 2024. 15 pages.
In the growing concerns of overcrowding and overtourism at urban destinations, homestays in the hills of India have been a favoured choice for those seeking to experience nature...
Prospects and Challenges of Global Pilgrimage Tourism and Hospitality
Prospects and Challenges of Global Pilgrimage Tourism and Hospitality
S.K. Gupta, Lilibeth C. Aragon, Pankaj Kumar, Madhurima, Rajesh Ramasamy. © 2023. 291 pages.
Pilgrimage tourism is one of the basic areas with far-reaching impacts in the travel and tourism industry around the world and across generations. Due to its reach and potential...
Management and Practices of Pilgrimage Tourism and Hospitality
Management and Practices of Pilgrimage Tourism and Hospitality
S.K. Gupta, Lilibeth C. Aragon, Pankaj Kumar, Madhurima, Rajesh Ramasamy. © 2023. 264 pages.
Pilgrimage is one of the oldest extant and most basic forms of population mobility known to human society, and its political, social, cultural, and economic implications have...
Mapping Pilgrimage Tourism Research Through Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis
Mapping Pilgrimage Tourism Research Through Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis
Aditya Sharma, Pankaj Kumar. © 2023. 15 pages.
Pilgrimage, or religious, tourism is regarded to be one of the primaeval forms of tourism. Also, an extensive amount of research on pilgrimage and religious tourism reveals the...
Pilgrimage Tourism in a Pilgrim Centre in Assam: Challenges and Suggestions
Pilgrimage Tourism in a Pilgrim Centre in Assam: Challenges and Suggestions
Rajdeep Deb, Pankaj Kumar, Rajesh Ramasamy. © 2023. 12 pages.
Pilgrimage tourism is one of the key subjects for driving the tourist footfall in pilgrim sites and is more of a destination-oriented theme. However, there are several elements...
Disruptive Innovations: A Mechanism for Achieving Business Distinction in the Hospitality Industry
Disruptive Innovations: A Mechanism for Achieving Business Distinction in the Hospitality Industry
Rajdeep Deb, Pankaj Kumar. © 2022. 18 pages.
The significant competitive environment around the hospitality industry triggers the exploration of novel ways and elements of coherent performance. Although disruptive...
Evaluation of E-Service Satisfaction Among Online Travel Agency (OTA) Users
Evaluation of E-Service Satisfaction Among Online Travel Agency (OTA) Users
Sunil Kumar, Shiv Kumar Gupta, Abhishek K. Vaishnav, Pankaj Kumar. © 2022. 12 pages.
Online travel agencies (OTAs) are online travel platforms like Expedia.Com, Make My Trip, Booking.com, and Travelzoo, etc., which sell travel-related products and services such...