Area(s) of Expertise

• Sustainable tourism
• Tourism among fishing communities
• Niche tourism
• Agritourism
• Farm entrepreneurial diversification

Research Summary

My research interests can be summarized in two lines. My first research line is on niche tourism and aims at understanding very specialized forms of tourism activities, such as surf tourism.  Within this topic, I study the role of tourism in fishing communities, such as the cultural implications of artisanal oyster harvest in North Carolina. My second research line focuses on the motivations and impacts of entrepreneurial efforts among family farms, especially through tourism (i.e., agritourism). I frame my research within the sustainable development paradigm, to have a holistic understanding of the socio-cultural, economic, and environmental implications of tourism development.

Publications

• Agritourism: the agriculture-tourism marriage , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)
• Identity within the agritourism mosaic , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)
• Peeking into the future of agritourism , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)
• Rethinking Agritourism , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)
• Stretching the agritourism panorama , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)
• The agritourists , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)
• The macro agritourism system , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)
• The plentiful yield of the agritourism harvest , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)
• Wearing two hats: the agritourism farmer , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)
• Women in agritourism , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)

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