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Introduction
I am an Associate Professor, Researcher and Consultant whose work focuses on urban planning, cultural tourism, wellness tourism experiences and the relationship between tourism and wellbeing. I have been Programme Leader for BA and MA Tourism Management Programmes in the UK for 7 years (University of Greenwich, London) and Hungary for 8 years. I have also lectured in Estonia, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as being an invited Keynote speaker in many countries worldwide. I was Chair of the international organisation ATLAS (Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research) for 7 years and I am the author or editor of several books as well as more than 120 journal articles and book chapters. My most recent research focuses on cultural tourism in cities, wellness tourism, smart cities and quality of life, and urban green spaces and city parks.
Subject(s) taught
- Spa Management, Master's Thesis Seminar
Professional career
- 1997–2005Senior Lecturer in Cultural Tourism Management and Programme Leader for BA and MA Tourism Management, University of Greenwich, London, UK
- 2005-2007Visiting Lecturer in Tourism at Budapest Business School, Heller Farkas College and Corvinus University of Budapest (ISC) and Tourism curriculum development for International Business School (IBS), Budapest
- 2007-2010Associate Professor in Tourism Management at Corvinus University of Budapest
- 2010-2013Associate Professor in Tourism Management at Budapest Business School, Budapest, Hungary
- 2012-ongoingPart-time Associate Professor at Pärnu College, University of Tartu, Estonia
- 2017-2019Researcher at Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Sociology, Budapest
- 2015-2023Associate Professor and Programme Director of BA Tourism and Catering and MA Tourism Management at Budapest Metropolitan University
Research areas
- cultural tourism, urban tourism and city planning
- health tourism, wellness and resident wellbeing
- smart cities
- urban green spaces
Featured publications
- Kovács, Z. - Smith, M. - Teleubay, Zh. - Kovalcsik, T. (2023): Measuring visitor flows using mobile positioning data in three Hungarian second-tier cities. In: International Journal of Tourism Cities.
- Smith, Melanie Kay - Pinke-Sziva, Ivett - Berezvai, Zombor (2023): The relative importance of culture in urban tourism: implications for segmentation. In: Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality.