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 Ecoto urism 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

Edwin Magio 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 […]

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Tags: Community-based tourism, Ecotourism and nature-based tourism, Tourism policy and governance, Tourism resilience and recovery

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Edwin Magio

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