Dr.Cevat Tosun

I have been awarded government research grants from the Regional Development Agencies, Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey, and Higher Education Board of Turkey. I was a Fulbright Scholar and Visitor Professor at the University of Northern Iowa and a Leverhulme Fellow at The International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research at Bournemouth University. My peer-reviewed journal articles have appeared in top-tier international journals. In addition, I have a number of book chapters and numerous articles in conference proceedings. I have been invited to serve as a consultant on a number of tourism projects and have written international technical reports for the United Nations Environment Program (Plan Blue). My publications have received more than  11,750 citations as per the Google Scholar Citation Index and I have been also listed in the top 2 percent most-cited scientists in the world by research at Stanford University since 2019.  Moreover, I am recognized as "the most cited author with a total of 983 citations for his four papers making him the most influential reference author" in the area of research on "meaningful community participation for effective development of sustainable tourism. My research interests are as follows:

• Sustainable tourism development
• Destination management
• Marketing philosophies
• Impacts of tourism
• Tourism and poverty alleviation
• Tourism growth and regional inequalities
• Local community capacity development through tourism
• Z-Generation employment in the tourism and hospitality business