13 June
Local Date: Jun 13 2023 |
Local Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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Dr Noel Scott has worked as a tourism consultant and academic researcher for 26 years and led research and consulting projects in sustainable tourism, tourism branding, destination management, tourism product and experience design and China tourism. International clients included the UNWTO, OECD, ASEAN, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Awards Indonesia and Sri Lanka, and Government of Fiji. Prior to starting his academic career in 2001, he was a senior manager in a variety of leading businesses including Tourism and Events Queensland. He is an Adjunct Professor of Tourism Management at the Sustainability Research Centre of the University of the Sunshine Coast. |
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tourism consultant and academic researcher |
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Sakthivell is presently working as a Micro Small Medium Enterprise Business Development Specialist in a donor-funded program: Skills for Inclusive Growth. Sakthi is working to link tourism opportunities with vulnerable and remote communities. He has been involved in designing several innovative approaches to training such as forming “Tour Activity Group -TAGs”, developing a “Coaching for Tourism Business Improvement,” and “e-Tourism Course in Sri Lanka” as well as a project to “Convert destination Assets into Tourism Attractions “. Sakthivell completed an Australia Award’s Short Course – “Sustainable Tourism Development” in 2018. Sakthivell is a micro, small, and medium-scale business development expert with postgraduate qualifications and practical experience in creating rural business counselling training packages for remote rural communities in Sri Lanka. |
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