Geoffrey Wall

Dr. Geoffrey Wall is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Canada. He is interested in the implications of tourism of different types for destination areas with different characteristics, the socio-economic implications of climate change, and the planning and management implications of such information. Much of his research has been undertaken in Asia, initially in Indonesia and, more recently in China, including Taiwan. He was awarded the Roy Wolfe and Rooney Awards of the Association of American Geographers for his contributions to the understanding of tourism and recreation, an Award for Scholarly Distinction in Geography by the Canadian Association of Geographers and an Award for High Achievement, by the Tourism Geography Commission of China. He is an Honorary Professor of Nanjing University and Dalian University of Technology, and was given Friendship Awards by the Province of Hainan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and the People’s Republic of China. He is a founder member and past President of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism and, in 2017, was awarded the Ulysses Prize for excellence in the creation and dissemination of knowledge in tourism, by the United Nations World Tourism Organization.