Biography
Dr. Gkoumas Aristeidis has graduated from the Department of Social Policy and Social Anthropology, Panteion University of Athens in 1995, holds a PhD in Tourism Marketing & Branding from the Aegean University, Greece, and a MSc in "Planning, Management and Policy of Tourism from the same institution. Additionally, he received a postgraduate diploma in "Afro-Cuban History and Religion" from the University of Havana, Cuba in 1997 and he graduated from Lori Kaye's Travel Academy in California, USA in 1998.
Dr. Gkoumas has taught in various Educational Institutions in Greece, Italy, Spain, Canada, Cyprus, Thailand, Taiwan and Mainland China before joining HKMU. He is an active Editorial Board Member in Journal of Management, Economics, and Industrial Organization (JOMEINO) and International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Management (IJHTM), while he serves as a lifetime Member of Laboratory for Tourism Research & Studies- University of Aegean, Chios-Greece since 2005. In 2020 he was granted the title of Certified Publons Academy Peer Reviewer.
Dr. Gkoumas worked as a tourism expert/consultant at Destination Management Program of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in Madrid, Spain. He participated in more than 15 international projects, transnational collaborations, and research schemes, while his professional network includes various public authorities, and private institutions from all around the world. Dr. Gkoumas publishes frequently in academic journals, whilst he participates in international conferences, seminars and workshops.
His academic interests involve but not limited to tourism ethnographies, MICE, qualitative research in travel and tourism, experiential consumption, tourism soundscapes, e-tourism, mobile/digital technologies in hospitality, tourism marketing and branding, tourism innovation, and leisure studies.
Teaching Areas & Research Interests
- Tourism and Travel Ethnographies
- Destination Branding
- Hospiitality Marketing
- AI Anthropology
- Experiential Tourism Consumption
- Soundscape Ethnography
- Tourism Social Media Analytics
Academic & Professional Experience
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- 10/2018- present Agjunct Professor (HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY)
- 08/2022- 01/2024 Asssitant Professor (BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY & HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY -UNITED INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
- 02/2020- 07/2022 Asssitant Profressor (I-SHOU UNIVERSITY TAIWAN)
- 10/2019- 01/20120 Asssitant Professor (INTERNAPA COLLEGE- CYPRUUS)
- 07/2017- 05/2019 Senior Lecturer (BURAPHA UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE- THAILAND)
- 10/2016- 05/2017 Lecturer (TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF ATHENS - GREECE
- 01/2015- 06/2015 Visiting Lecturer (CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 05/2006- present Senior Researcher (ETEM- Laboratory for Tourism Research & Studies, Greece)
- 11/2015- 09/2018 Cultural Tourism Expert (Greek Ministry of Culture)
- 03/2009- 09/2011. Tourism Researcher/Expert (UNWTO, Spain)
Selected Publications
Book Chapters
- Gkoumas, A. (2024). Music Festival Soundscape as a Tourist Allure: The case of Tomorrowland. In Jenkins, S. & Bristow, R.S. (Eds.), Sensory Tourism: Senses and sensescapes encompassing tourism destinations (CABI Publishing), forthcoming.
- Gkoumas, A. (2022). Tourism Soundscapes. In Buhalis, D. (Ed), Encyclopedia of Tourism Marketing and Management. Edward Elgar, Publishing, U.K. DOI:https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800377486.entries.authors
- Gkoumas, A. (2020). Sex-on-wheels. The Leisure Sexscape of Scooter Ladies. In Parry, D. C., & Johnson, C. W. (Eds.), Sex and Leisure: Promiscuous Perspectives (pp. 163-181). Routledge. U.K.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003003427
- Gkoumas, A., Seo, M., & D'Orazio, F. (2020). Motorbike Helmet Art as a Contemporary Design Form for Crafting Tourism Souvenirs of Thailand. In Lattimore, C.K., & Mura, P. (Eds). Contemporary Asian Artistic Expressions and Tourism. (pp. 171-191). Springer publications: New York. DOI:10.1007/978-981-15-4335-7
- Gkoumas, A. (2017). Tourism Soundscapes and Branding of Tourism Enterprises in Tsartas, P. & Lytras, P. (Eds). Collective Volume-Epitome of Greek Tourism. Papazisi publications, Athens.
- Tsartas, P., Skanavis, C., Svoronou, E., Stavrinoudis, T., Gkoumas, A. & Kyriakaki, A. (2006) Local agenda 21 for two South Aegean islands. Deliverable (WP 21) of I.S.T.O.S program: Innovation for Sustainable Tourism and Services in South Aegean, Greece.
Journal Articles
- Gkoumas, A. (2024). Exploring the experiential value of touristy soundscapes. Annals of Tourism Research, forthcoming.
- Gkoumas, A., Kiss, R., & Heeren, K. (2023). The quarantine hotel experience: travel diaries of compulsory confinement. Journal of Qualitative Research in Tourism, Vol. 4 No. 1, 2023, pp. 16–35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/jqrt.2023.01.02
- Gkoumas, A. (2021). Developing an indicative model for preserving restaurant viability during the COVID-19 crisis. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 22(1), 18-3. DOI:10.1177/1467358421998057
- Gkoumas, A. (2019). Evaluating a Standard for Sustainable Tourism through the Lenses of Local Industry. HELIYON, Vol.5 Issue 11, e02707.
- Gkoumas, A., & D'Orazio, F. (2019). Public-space tactical intervention as urban tourist allure. International Journal of Tourism Cities. DOI: IJTC-05-2019-0066.ISSN: 2056-5607.
- Gkoumas, A. (2018). Challenges and obstacles for the first digital repository for tourism studies in Greece. European Journal of Tourism Research 18, pp. 146-159.
Selected Professional & Community Services
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