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Issa Torres

Tourism Research Assistant

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During the past years, Issa has been working in the field of tourism planning and development, cultural heritage and ecotourism. She has considerable international experience in community-based tourism and heritage tourism (Costa Rica, Australia, Venezuela, United Kingdom, China, Brazil, Spain and France).

Qualifications

  • Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (ongoing)
  • MA Cultural Tourism
  • Master in Project Management
  • BSc (Hons) Tourism

Research Interests

  • Sustainable tourism development
  • Cultural Tourism
  • Community-based tourism

Recent Conference Presentations

  • Torres Martinez, I.M (2011) ‘Community Involvement for Sustainable Tourism: Case-study of Ilha dos Marinheiros, Rio Grande, Brazil’. Conference Proceedings of International Tourism Sustainability Conference 2011; Embracing Social and Environmental Change: The Influence and Role of Tourism, Mauritius: 21-24 September 2011.
  • Torres Martinez, I.M. (2010) ‘The Ancient Silk Roads: Tourism Potential and World Heritage Nomination’. Conference Proceedings of World Heritage and Tourism: Managing for the Global and the Local, Quebec, Canada, June 2-4, 2010.
  •   Torres Martinez, I.M. (2009) ‘Vulnerable ecosystems and tourism impacts, an Integrated Coastal Zone Management approach for the sustainability of the coastal environment. Case study of Gandia, Valencia’. Conference Proceedings of 'Resorting to the Coast: Tourism, Heritage and Cultures of the Seaside', Blackpool, UK, June 2009.
  • Torres Martinez, I.M. (forthcoming 2012) Cultural Routes as World Heritage Sites: Challenges of the Nomination of the Ancient Silk Roads. To be published in a special edition called ‘World Heritage Sites and Tourism: Global and Local Relations’ by Routledge.

Contact details

E: isabel.torres-martinez@beds.ac.uk

Bedfordshire University

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