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Leading tourism educator Ross Dowling has been named Emeritus Professor of Tourism at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia

The award, presented at the end of last month, has been given in recognition of distinguished academic contribution and leadership in the tourism field for more than two decades, as well as his contributions to geotourism, ecotourism and cruise ship tourism in Australia and internationally.

Dowling, an Honorary Professor at the University is the Foundation Professor of Tourism in the School of Business and Law having previously held a number of other positions in Australian universities.

Immediately prior to joining ECU he was a Foundation Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer at The University of Notre Dame Australia while at ECU he has held many positions including Chair, Tourism Program, Head, School of Marketing, Tourism & Leisure, Associate Head, School of Business, and Director, MBA and Cross Disciplinary Studies.

Honorary Professor Dowling actively contributes to Tourism Research and Development in a number of capacities around the world and is an international speaker on tourism, providing advice for the industry in a number of countries around the world.

He has also completed two lecture tours on Ecotourism and Geotourism for the Chinese Government throughout China, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as having developed a Sustainable Tourism Development Plan for the Ministry of Tourism in the Sultanate of Oman. He recently also conducted a summer school for the University of Iceland on Geotourism and Geoparks and is currently working on tourism development in both Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.

Image: Ross Dowling (right) receives a testamur marking his status as Emeritus Professor of Tourism at Edith Cowan University, from Vice Chancellor Professor Steve Chapman. Credit: Edith Cowan University.

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