Melanie Kay Smith

Dr Melanie Kay Smith

Dr Melanie Kay Smith

Melanie Kay Smith is a research­er and con­sult­ant whose work focuses on urb­an plan­ning, cul­tur­al tour­ism, and the rela­tion­ship between tour­ism and well-being.

Dr Smith is pro­gramme lead­er for BSc and MSc Tour­ism Man­age­ment at Bud­apest Met­ro­pol­it­an Uni­ver­sity in Hun­gary and has also writ­ten for The “Good Tour­ism” Blog.

Memories of Jordan (and celebrating the ‘bucket list’)

February 17, 2022

Memories of Petra and Jordan by Melanie Kay Smith

I was at a tour­ism industry con­fer­ence a few months ago listen­ing to a talk on the dev­ast­at­ing effects of COV­­ID-related travel bans on her­it­age des­tin­a­tions.  Pro­fess­or Mike Robin­son, the speak­er, cited Jordan as a prime example.  Amidst my sym­pathy for the des­tin­a­tion and its people, my ‘buck­et list’ quest react­iv­ated instantly in my mind.  It […]

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