David Simmons
Professor
Environment, Society and Design
Lincoln University New Zealand
New Zealand
Biography
David is the founder of tourism studies at Lincoln University and has been on staff for 30 years. In 2008-2010 he held the position as Director of Research at the Australian Sustainable Tourism Co-operative Research Centre where he provided content design and editorial oversight of the sustainable tourism online research portal. Currently David holds a joint position as Professor of Tourism and University Director of Research Strategy and Development. David held the position of Project Leader for a number of FRST funded multi-year programme examining both tourism planning and aspects of tourism yield.
Research Interest
Tourism Planning and Development, Tourism Management (financial, economic and sustainable yield), Tourism Studies (geography, sociology) and Research Methods.
