TTRA Annual International Conference

Carla Barbieri is a Professor in Sustainable Tourism (North Carolina State University, USA) where she leads the “Agritourism & Societal Wellbeing” lab. She investigates the economic, socio-cultural, and environmental impacts of agritourism at the farm household and society levels... Read More →

Dr. Kevin Kam Fung So is William E. Davis Professor and Associate Professor with the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University.  Dr. So's research interests and expertise lie at the intersection between hospitality and... Read More →

Xing Yao is a Ph.D. student of the Leisure Behavior doctoral program in the Department of Health and Wellness Design, School of Public Health at Indiana University. Her research interests include the roles of tourism in impacting on mental health, emotional experiences of tourists... Read More →

Wyatt Hasler is a recent graduate of the Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Managementundergraduate program within the Department of Health and Wellness Design (formerly theDepartment of Recreation, Parks & Tourism Studies) at Indiana University School of PublicHealth — Bloomington... Read More →

B. Bynum Boley is an Associate Professor of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (PRTM) within the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on sustainable tourism development and how the unique natural and cultural resources... Read More →

Jing Yang is a master's student studying tourism and recreation at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on user-generated content and marketing communications in tourism.

Svetlana Stepchenkova, Ph.D. (svetlana.step@ufl.edu), is Associate Professor at the Department of Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management at the University of Florida. Her research interests are destination marketing, branding, and positive image building. She studies tourist behavior... Read More →

Jing Li, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hospitality and Retail Management at Texas Tech University. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on service marketing, customer experience, and sharing economy.

Weiwei Zhao : postgraduate of the School of Tourism and Landscape Architecture, Guilin University of Technology, Her research interests include tourism consumer behavior and tourism management.

Yanling Huang: Ph.D. Professor, School of Tourism and Landscape Architecture, Guilin University of Technology. Her research interests include tourism psychology and behavior, leisure tourism, and hotel management.