Dr Takamitsu Jimura

Lecturer in Business Management (Tourism) LLB, PG Cert, MSc, PhD

Contact details

T: +44 (0)1904 876787

Professional Activities

Research & Publications

Areas of interest:

Tourism Management
Management plans and conservation policies for cultural heritage (especially World Heritage Sites)
Relationship between tourism and World Heritage Sites
Cultural tourism, heritage tourism, urban tourism, and rural tourism
Tourism planning and development
Tourism impacts on local communities
Community development and tourism as a development tool
Tangible and intangible heritage for tourists and local people
Historic urban landscape for tourists and local people
Interactions between tourists and local people
Destination image
Motivation of tourists

Professional Memberships:

10/2012 - Present International Academy of Culture Tourism and Hospitality Research Member

09/2010 - Present York St John University Teaching Fellow

02/2010 - Present Higher Education Academy, Fellow

01/2009 – Present Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN), Member

07/2007 – Present Japan Society for Interdisciplinary Tourism Studies, Individual Member

07/2007 – Present Japan Institute of Tourism Research, Individual Member

07/2007 – Present Japan Academic Society of Tourism, Individual Member

06/2007 – Present International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) UK, Individual Member

12/2006 – Present Forum UNESCO - University and Heritage, Individual Member