Dr Thomas Bauer
Thomas Bauer is Adjunct Professor, School of Tourism and Hospitality at The University of the South Pacific, Fiji; a polar expeditions guide for Albatros Expeditions; and an advisory board member with WTACH.
Since 1989, Dr Bauer has been a lecturer, administrator, and researcher in the field of tourism, as well as a consultant on projects for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), China, and Hong Kong SAR.
He has also served as a State Emergency Service (SES) volunteer in Queensland, Australia; and as an active member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), including on its Sustainable Tourism Committee.
‘Rainforest guardians’ of the Australian Rainforest Foundation, Dr Bauer and his partner Lina live on a block of lowland rainforest in Mission Beach, Queensland.
Thomas has also written for The “GT” Travel Blog.
For truly sustainable tourism to have a chance, individual destinations and host communities must use the coronavirus crisis to take back control from global financial interests after decades of failed talks at the highest levels. This is according to Dr Thomas Bauer in a fresh and reflective “GT” Insight; his second. Indeed Dr Bauer reckons […]
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Is Antarctic travel & tourism the best in the world? In terms of sustainability, Thomas Bauer thinks it is. In this “Good Tourism” Insight, Dr Bauer explains what tourism in Antarctica can teach the rest of the world. UPDATE, June 2021: Dr Bauer is happy for this “GT” Insight to be given another round of publicity. […]
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