Nigel D Morpeth Editor

Philip Long is a Principal Academic at Bournemouth University. His research interests include: relationships between tourism and popular culture; festivals; international film and television; diaspora communities; and social exclusion. He is a board member of the International Festivals and Events Association (Europe). Nigel D. Morpeth is an academic and artist based at Leeds Beckett University. He has previously worked for UK local authorities in community-based leisure, festival and events organisation, and has worked in the field of Tourism Education over the last 26 years. His teaching and research is focused on diverse interdisciplinary academic approaches to Tourism, Cultural Studies, the Creative Industries, and Sport and Leisure. In a recent book, Planning for Tourism: Towards a Sustainable Future, he has written about the linkages between community initiatives and sustainability. He has delivered over 25 international conference papers including a keynote address on Tourism and the Arts at Ostfalia University in Germany and has delivered a presentation on public art at the Courtauld Institute, Somerset House, London.