Edwin Magio

Edwin Magio

Edwin Magio

Edwin Magio is a PhD Research Stu­dent in the School of Events, Tour­ism, and Hos­pit­al­ity Man­age­ment at Leeds Beck­ett Uni­ver­sity, UK. His doc­tor­al research exam­ines “the power dynam­ics influ­en­cing tour­ism” with­in Kenya’s Amboseli Bio­sphere Reserve.

Before start­ing his PhD, Mr Magio was a Com­munity Enter­prise Devel­op­ment Man­ager at Eco­tourism Kenya. Before that he was a teach­ing and research assist­ant in the Depart­ment of Tour­ism Man­age­ment at Moi Uni­ver­sity, Kenya. As a Com­mon­wealth schol­ar at Leeds Beck­ett Uni­ver­sity, UK, he attained a MSc in Respons­ible Tour­ism Management.

Edwin’s teach­ing and research focused on the areas of rur­al tour­ism, con­ser­va­tion, socioeco­nom­ic devel­op­ment, tour­ism and the envir­on­ment, envir­on­ment­al impact assess­ments, tour­ism policy and gov­ernance, and des­tin­a­tion man­age­ment. You can con­nect with Edwin on Twit­ter, Face­book, and Linked­In.

Africa must put communities, conservation at the centre of travel & tourism recovery

October 5, 2021

Generations. In "Kargi, a remote nomadic settlement in Kenya". Image by Ian Macharia (CC0) via Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/7k91OUDYAQ0

Pick­ing up on the reports, find­ings, declar­a­tions, and state­ments of organ­isa­tions and opin­ion lead­ers in Africa and around the world, tour­ism schol­ar Edwin Magio calls upon Afric­an travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers to put words into action. It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight.  As the Afric­an tour­ism sec­tor pre­pares to recov­er from the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, tour­ism experts […]

Read More Africa must put communities, conservation at the centre of travel & tourism recovery
Posted in Insights & Best Practices, "Good Tourism" in Africa, "GT" Destinations & Places
Tags: , , ,