Taufik Abdullah

Taufik Abdullah, Ph.D. currently serves as an assistant professor and the head of the Tourism Marketing Management Study Program within the Faculty of Social Science Education at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI). He has been a faculty member at UPI since 2014. Taufik's academic journey commenced with an associate degree in Food Production Management, followed by bachelor's and master's degrees in Tourism Management. He further pursued his academic interests by earning a Ph.D. in Tourism from the University of Otago, New Zealand. Prior to his academic career, Taufik garnered experience across various roles in the foodservice industry and held the position of Head of a Hotel Management program at a private tourism college in Bandung, Indonesia. Throughout his academic pursuits, Taufik has fostered a deep interest in critical tourism studies, focusing particularly on issues of marginalization, power dynamics, and empowerment within the tourism industry. His research endeavors also encompass tourism marketing, food tourism, and tourism entrepreneurship.