Michael Hitchcock

Michael Hitchcock

Email Address hitchcockmichael929@gmail.com

Level Full Member With TCN

Phone 07762784078

Bio Michael Hitchcock specialises in cultural tourism with regard to the museums and heritage sector. He has contributed to two major tourism masterplans in China on behalf of UNWTO, and has also directed two major tourism projects in Southeast Asia funded by the European Commission, and has conducted numerous research studies funded by the UK research councils and the Macau Foundation; he has carried out private sector consultancies in Asia. He has also worked on curriculum development and tourism research in East and West Africa, and conducted a three year study on behalf of the Royal Parks Agency in London. Between 2014 and 2021 he was Professor in Cultural Policy and Tourism at Goldsmiths College, and before that he was Dean of two tourism faculties, one in Switzerland and the other in Macau. He has written and edited 14 books, and has published numerous papers, many in high impact tourism journals.