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Issue: May 2005

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La Trobe researcher to study in China

Dr Yan (Danna) Zhang, a lecturer in La Trobe University’s School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, will undertake six months postdoctoral research in China under the auspices of the Endeavour Programme.

Dr Zhang has won a 2005 Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Award to work at the Zhejiang University of Technology investigating the role of Chinese travel agents in the development of the Chinese tourism market to Australia.Valued at $25,000, the Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Awards are available to scholars from Asia to come to Australia to undertake short-term research and for Australians to do the same in Asia.

The awards aim to attract high performing scholars and particularly research proposals which will benefit the further development of the social and economic environment of Asia and Australia.

The Endeavour Programme is administered by Australian Education International within the International Cooperation Branch of the Federal Department of Education, Science and Training.

This is the first year that these new postgraduate scholarships have been awarded.

Dr Zhang has an extensive background in tourism, from not only teaching tourism development at two universities in Victoria, but also from her time as a tourist guide in that State.

She hopes her research will assist with the growth of tourism in China and draw more Chinese tourists to Australia.

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