4 March 2015

5&6th GE Colloquium (2014/15): Agritourism

4 Mar —Ecotourism and Sustainability  in KunisakiPeninsular

5 Mar —Agricultural Heritage and Tourism Applications

Speaker:  Dr KazemVADAFARI

Assistant Professor of the Collegeof Asia Pacific Studies,

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University 

DrKazem VADAFARI is an Assistant Professor of the College of Asia Pacific Studiesin the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. His areas of specialisationare Human Geography, Cultural Anthropology/Folklore Studies and EnvironmentalAgriculture. As a prolific cultural tourism scholar, Dr VADAFARI has published3 books/book chapters and over a dozen of academic papers in various journals. Hehas worked as an Associate Editor in International Journal of Ecology and Conservationand is a member of the Scientific committee: Globally Important AgriculturalHeritage Systems (GIAHS) and the European Association for Japanese Studies. 

Dr VADAFARI shared his experience in arousing global awareness of Satoyama Revitalisation through Tourism

As a token of appreciation, Dr Victor Chan, Acting Head of Department of General Education, presented souvenirs to the guest

Photo with Speaker