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Overview

Lorraine Brown is affiliated with the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly work is primarily situated within the Social Sciences, with notable subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Geography, Planning and Development, Demography, and Food Science.

The research topics covered by Lorraine Brown encompass diverse aspects of tourism research, religious tourism and spaces, recreation, leisure and wilderness management, adventure sports and sensation seeking, tourism volunteerism and development, culinary culture and tourism, and the sharing economy and platforms.

Recent publications by Lorraine Brown include:

  • Dining alone: improving the experience of solo restaurant goers (2020) - International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
  • Taking a walk: The female tourist experience (2020) - Tourist Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lorraine Brown are:

  • Duncan Light
  • Hanaa Osman
  • Dimitrios Buhalis
  • Sean Beer
  • Delysia de Coteau

Lorraine Brown's work has appeared in several recurrent publication venues, including:

  • Annals of Tourism Research
  • International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
  • Tourist Studies
  • Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • International Journal of Workplace Health Management

Best Publications

  • The Transformative Power of the International Sojourn: an Ethnographic Study of the International Student Experience

    Lorraine Brown

  • Tourism: a catalyst for existential authenticity.

    Lorraine Brown

  • The initial stage of the international sojourn: excitement or culture shock?

    Lorraine Brown;Immy Holloway

  • The Adjustment Journey of International Postgraduate Students at an English University: An Ethnographic Study.

    Lorraine Brown;Immy Holloway

  • Employment experiences of Polish migrant workers in the UK hospitality sector

    Hania Janta;Adele Ladkin;Lorraine Brown;Peter Lugosi

  • Meaning not measurement

    Immy Holloway;Lorraine Brown;Richard Shipway

  • An ethnographic study of the friendship patterns of international students in England: An attempt to recreate home through conational interaction

    Lorraine Brown

  • Encounters with racism and the international student experience

    Lorraine Brown;Ian Jones

  • Qualitative Research in Sport and Physical Activity

    Ian Jones;Lorraine Brown;Immy Holloway

  • Literary tourism: Opportunities and challenges for the marketing and branding of destinations?

    Anne Hoppen;Lorraine Brown;Alan Fyall

  • A Failure of Communication on the Cross-Cultural Campus

    Lorraine Brown

  • Language and Anxiety: An Ethnographic Study of International Postgraduate Students

    Lorraine Brown

  • Understanding the experiences of female doctoral students

    Lorraine Brown;Pamela Watson

  • Coping with loneliness: A netnographic study of doctoral students

    Hania Janta;Peter Lugosi;Lorraine Brown

  • The incidence of study-related stress in international students in the initial stage of the international sojourn

    Lorraine Brown

  • A taste of the unfamiliar. Understanding the meanings attached to food by international postgraduate students in England.

    Lorraine Brown;John Edwards;Heather Hartwell

  • Migrant relationships and tourism employment

    Hania Janta;Lorraine Brown;Peter Lugosi;Adele Ladkin

  • Migrant networks, language learning and tourism employment

    Hania Janta;Peter Lugosi;Lorraine Brown;Adele Ladkin

  • The female tourist experience in Egypt as an Islamic destination.

    Lorraine Brown;Hanaa Osman

  • The solo female Asian tourist

    Dana Seow;Lorraine Brown

  • Changes in food neophobia and dietary habits of international students

    John Edwards;Heather Hartwell;Lorraine Brown

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