30 June- 3 July, 2015 Hong Kong SAR, China
2015 年 6 月 30 日 - 7 月 3 日 中國 香港
The 5th Conference of the
International Association for Tourism Economics
Keynote Speakers
Professor Egon Smeral
Professor of Tourism Economics at MODUL University Vienna, Austria
Prof. Egon Smeral is Professor of Tourism Economics at the MODUL University Vienna, Austria. His areas of research are applied economic theory and politics (especially in the fields of tourism economics, leisure and service sector economics), tourism forecasting and modelling, impact analysis and Tourism Satellite Accounts, designing and evaluating tourism policies programs, as well as marketing strategies. He is a consultant to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, Vice-president of the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST), Secretary General of the Tourist Research Centre (TRC), and member of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism (IAST), Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA), and the International Institute of Forecasters (IIF). Further, Prof. Smeral is the coordinating editor of the journal Annals of Tourism Research, member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, and of the editorial board of the journals Tourism Analysis, the Tourism Review, Anatolia and Tourism Economics.
Professor Stephen Wanhill
Editor of Tourism Economics; Adjunct Professor of Tourism Economics, University of Limerick, Ireland;
Emeritus Professor of Tourism Research, Bournemouth University, U.K.
Prof. Stephen Wanhill is the Editor of Tourism Economics, and Adjunct Professor of Tourism Economics, University of Limerick and Emeritus Professor of Tourism Research, Bournemouth University. He is a Director of Global Tourism Solutions (U.K.) and his principal research interests are in the field of tourism destinations. To this extent he has undertaken a wide range of tourism development and tourism impact assessments, with an emphasis project studies from airports to attractions, both in the U.K. and worldwide, covering some 50 countries. He has acted as tourism policy advisor to the U.K. Parliamentary Select Committee on Welsh Affairs for a period of five years, and has been a Board Member of the Wales Tourist Board with responsibilities for the development and research divisions. In this capacity, he spent much time reviewing and recommending grant applications for projects that encompass accommodation, restaurants and pubs, attractions and public facilities, such as country parks, visitor centres and infrastructure improvements, as well as contributing to the rolling 5-year Development Plan of the Board.
Dr Oliver Herrmann
Director of Statistics and Tourism Satellite Account Programme
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO)
Dr Herrmann has a broad experience in the public and private sector. Before joining UNWTO, he worked at the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment, in New Zealand for almost three years.
He also worked as civil servant at the European Commission in Brussels and as a consultant at the VDI Technology Centre in Düsseldorf. He studied in Germany and France and holds a PhD in Economics.
