Dr Thomas Bauer
Dr Thomas Bauer is Adjunct Professor, School of Tourism and Hospitality at The University of the South Pacific, Fiji; a polar expeditions guide for Albatros Expeditions; and an advisory board member with WTACH.
Since 1989, Dr Bauer has been a lecturer, administrator, and researcher in the field of tourism, as well as a consultant on projects for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and the governments of China and Hong Kong SAR.
He has also given of his free time: As a State Emergency Service volunteer in Queensland, Australia; and, formerly, as an active member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, including its Sustainable Tourism Committee.
‘Rainforest guardians’ of the Australian Rainforest Foundation, Dr Bauer and his partner Lina live on a block of lowland rainforest in Mission Beach, Queensland.
Thomas has also written for The “Good Tourism” Blog.
Of all my travel experiences in 75 countries, none have been unique, life-changing, and memorable like my voyages to Antarctica. I got involved in Antarctic affairs in 1991 when I started my PhD research into the impacts and long term future of commercial tourism to Antarctica at Monash University. I spent three months at the […]
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