Cruise tourism expert addresses industry

The Sri Lanka Convention Bureau together with the Australian College of Business and Technology organised a presentation on 4 August made by Prof. Ross Dowling in which he enlightened the potential for cruise tourism for the Sri Lankan industry while cautioning the pitfalls that may have to be overcome.

He spoke about ‘The Global Cruise Industry and What it Means to Sri Lanka’.

Prof. Dowling also met the industry members who are connected to cruise tourism and discussed future activities where he could be the advisor on many areas in the subject matter.

Prof. Dowling is Foundation Professor of Tourism and Associate Head of the School of Business, Faculty of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University in Australia. He is an Advisor to UNESCO Global Network of National Geoparks (France), and International Cruise Research Society (Germany).

In Western Australia he is Chair of State’s Cruise WA Committee and he is conducting international research in the fields of cruise ship tourism, geotourism and ecotourism with over 200 publications. In recent years he has co-authored or co-edited 10 books on tourism.