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Joseph M. Cheer

Professor Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan

Joseph is incoming Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Heritage, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Australia (2023). He is presently Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University, Japan. He holds adjunct/visiting professorships at AUT New Zealand and at UCSI University, Malaysia.

Joseph is Co Editor-in-Chief of Tourism Geographies – according to Scopus (October 2022), ranked 1st in Tourism Hospitality and Leisure, and 2nd in Geography, Planning and Development. He has received research funding from Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences, Australian Research Council, Tourism Research Australia and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, among others. Joseph is also a Board Member of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA).