Yu-Fai Leung
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Full Biography
Dr. Yu-Fai Leung is a Professor and Director of Graduate Program in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, College of Natural Resources, at North Carolina State University, USA. His research has been devoted to advancing the science and practice of sustainable visitor (recreation and tourism) management in protected and natural areas globally, including Antarctica. Yu-Fai coordinates the Biodiversity Working Group in the Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist (TAPAS) Group within IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). He is also a member of the Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), serving as a co-leader for the SCAR Tourism Action Group.