Past Seminars
Seminars are organized by the MSSST programme regularly throughout the academic year, where scholars from various institutes around the world are invited to deliver presentations related to sustainable tourism. Students who actively participate in these seminars are exposed to a wide range of topics and current debates, and are able to acquire fruitful experiences through academic dialogues.
2023
MAR
Ms. Vanessa So
Director of Communications, Hong Kong Tourism Board
Destination marketing of Hong Kong
MAY
Professor Honggen Xiao
Assistant Dean and Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Tourism and (for) Rural Revitalization in China: Potentials, Challenges and Perspectives
MAY
Professor Stewart Barr
Geography Department, University of Exeter
Travelling Towards Net Zero: Exploring a social practices approach
2022
MAR
Guest speakers from Hong Kong Tourism Board
Destination marketing of Hong Kong
MAY
Professor Simon Darcy
Professor of Social Inclusion, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
Disability, Social Sustainability, and Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Post COVID-19
MAY
Professor Trevor Sofield
School of Management University of Tasmania; Visiting Professor, Faculty of Tourism University of Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Precarity, a key determinant undermining tourism’s claim to contribute to inclusive growth and sustainability
OCT
Ms. Yu Nam
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of Hong Kong
Planning and development of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark
OCT
Dr.TAM Pui Yuk Tammy
Earth System Science Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Village Ecotourism Development Through International Volunteerism: Experience Sharing From A Youth Participant From Hong Kong
DEC
Ms. Kristina Stosic
Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Thailand
Risk and safety management in tourism
DEC
Dr. Chantinee Boonchai
Prince of SongklaUniversity, Phuket Campus, Thailand
Beach litter from Phuket tourism
DEC
Dr. Vipawee Dummee
Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Thailand
Coral rehabilitation
DEC
Dr. Aree Chudum
Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Thailand
Managing wastewater pollution from tourism
2021
OCT
Jockey Club Make a Difference Social Lab
What is “Local Tourism Lab?” as a case of tourism planning?
OCT
Ms. Yu Nam
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of Hong Kong
Planning and development of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark
DEC
Dr. Joanna Cheung
Head at Hospitality Discipline, Vocational Training Council
Voluntourism and serious leisure
DEC
Mr. Peera Pomsook
Assistant Director of CSR& Community Relations, Laguna Resorts & Hotels PLC
Sustainability approach forhotel operations: Case study of Laguna Phuket and Banyan Tree
DEC
Dr. Chantinee Boonchai
Prince of SongklaUniversity, Phuket Campus, Thailand
Waste management prevention in Phuket
DEC
Ms. Noel Wong
Hotel management under crisis: Case study of Phuket and Macau
2020
OCT
Dr. Amare Wondirad
Woosong University
Stakeholder Collaboration as a Major Factor for Sustainable Ecotourism Development in Southern Ethiopia
OCT
Dr. Felix Elvis Otoo
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Social and Environmental Responsibility among Inbound Tour Operations in Hong Kong, China
OCT
Dr. ShiqinZhang
School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Experiential Learning to Be Sustainable: Place-making upon Return Home from Greenway Experience
OCT
Prof. Chan Chung Shing, Johnson
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tourism and Natural Disaster Management Process: Perception of Tourism Stakeholders in the Case of Kumamoto Earthquake in Japan
DEC
Dr. Chantinee Boonchai
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Sustainability of Tourism Development in Phuket
DEC
Mr. Peera Pomsook
Assistant Director of CSR & Community Relations, Laguna Resorts & Hotels PLC
Sustainability approach for hotel operations: Case study Laguna Phuket and Banyan Tree
2019
FEB
Dr. Vincent Ho
University of Innsbruck, Austria
An understanding of dark tourism
APR
Prof. Dora Agapito
University of Lincoln
Designing the tourist experience: A marketing perspective
NOV
Prof. Birgit PIKKEMAAT
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Innovation and Sustainable Tourism in the European Alps
DEC
Ms. Karin Sailer Lall
CEO of Innsbruck tourism
Innsbruck DMO strategy
2018
FEB
Prof. Birgit PIKKEMAAT
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Tourism 2025 – Remains everything different?
MAY
Prof. Jigang BAO
Sun Yat-sen University, China
消費轉型與中國旅遊發展
NOV
Dr. K.M. YEUNG
Head of Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark
BRAND UPLIFTING CASE OF HONG KONG UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
2017
FEB
Mr. Gavin S. COATES
The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
A history of public open space on Hong Kong Island’ & ‘Reclaiming our streets
FEB
Miss Tsaiher CHENG
Boundary Unlimited, The Netherlands
Red Light City, when urban planning meets sex work
FEB
Dr. Anna Ka Yin LEE
Centennial College, HKSAR
Heritage conservation and advocacy coalitions: The state-society conflict in the case of the Enning Road redevelopment project in Guangzhou
SEP
Prof. Chung Shing Johnson CHAN
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Indicators for sustainable urban park management A public policy research from Hong Kong
2016
JAN
Prof. Raul P. LEJANO
New York University, USA
The professor led a group of students from New York University to Hong Kong; the postgraduate students of sustainable tourism joined them to conduct field research
MAR
Prof. Thomas B. RANDRUP
Swedish Univeristy of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Innovations in green space management—Why and how?
APR
Prof. Mike PETERS
University of Innsbruck, Austria
The importance of family businesses and entrepreneurship in tourism and Hospitality
APR
Dr. Federico CUGURULLO
University of Manchester, UK
Revealing the smart city: Frankenstein cities and the false sustainability of de-composed urbanism
MAY
Prof. Tou Chuang CHANG
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Graffiti art in “Fine-City” Singapore
SEP
Prof. Kit JENKINS
University of Strathclyde, UK
Incorporating environmental concerns and issues into tourism development planning: Some international experiences
OCT
Prof. Hang MA
Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, China
The construction and application of value evaluation system for non-world heritage Tulous in Pinghe County, Fujian Province based on the method of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
NOV
Dr. Ting On Lewis CHEUNG
The Education University of Hong Kong, HKSAR
Residents’ attitude and supportiveness to the post-quake nature-based tourism development in the Wolong National Nature Reserve
NOV
Prof. Patrick Wing Chung LAU
Hong Kong Baptist University, HKSAR
Olympic Games and its impacts on society
2015
FEB
Ms. Joanne Y. T. MA
Manager, Airport Management Division, Airport Authority Hong Kong, HKSAR
Thinking out of the box: Managing an integrated airport centre: The case of Hong Kong International Airport
MAR
Prof. Raul P. LEJANO
New York University, USA
The professor led a group of students from New York University to Hong Kong; the postgraduate students of sustainable tourism joined them to conduct field research
OCT
Prof. Kamilla SWART
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
Event management as a tourism strategy for destination—The case of South Africa
NOV
Prof. Kevin HANNAM
Leeds Beekett University, UK
Recent developments in tourism mobilities: Geopolitics, events and materialities
2014
DEC
Prof. Honggang XU
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Tourism development of Hongcun Historical Village World Heritage Site
