Expertise

His research interest include travel destination marketing, tourism consumer behavior, eco- and sustainable tourism development, cultural, event and urban tourism development, studies of destination image, place identity, and resident attitude toward tourism, as well as analyses of tourism education and career. 

Affiliations

Professor, Indiana University, Indianapolis

Events and Tourism Institute, School of Health and Human Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Professor, Department of Tourism, Event & Sport Management, Indiana University, Indianapolis

Communities
Allied Health
Degrees
PhD, Oklahoma State University, Science of Human Environment, 2003
MPhil, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 1998
BA, Nankai University, 1987
Keywords
tourism
Associations
Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education