Steve brings a world perspective to Tourism role
Published on 01 February, 2013
From his base at Noosa Campus, Steve Noakes has been bringing a world perspective to the Bachelor of Tourism degree offered by CQUniversity.
This has been recognised with his appointment as the new head of Tourism & Hospitality for the University.
Not resting on his laurels, he will soon take up an invitation to be a keynote speaker at Malaysia's global travel and tourism conference, scheduled to be hosted in April by the Universal Federation of Travel Agency Associations (UFTAA).
A former Adjunct Professor in Tourism at the University of Queensland and long-serving Adjunct Professor of Tourism at Griffith University, Steve brings an extensive engagement with industry and higher education teaching to the position.
In recent years, he has been a senior consultant on sustainable tourism with international agencies including the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, United Nations Environment Program, UN World Tourism Organisation, International Labour Organisation and various bilateral donor agencies. He serves on the boards of Sustainable Travel International and Ecolodges Indonesia and is Co-Chair of the Education & Training Working Group with the Board of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, based in Washington DC.
His core research interest relates to sustainable tourism and international development and he has recently had publications released on the topics of tourism and the millennium development goals and volunteer tourism.