Tourism Scientist.
Born in West-Berlin 1957, married
to Swiss authoress, no kids
Since 2007 living in Meldorf/Dithmarschen
Studies in Berlin, Taiwan, Hong
Kong
M.A. Sinology, PhD Political Sciences FU Berlin
Former owner of specialized travel companies (Outbound /
Inbound East Asia-Europe),
Consultant for European companies (Transport,
Logistics) in China
Organizer of fairs and exhibitions in East Asia and in
Europe
Publisher, bookseller, journalist
Since 1997 lecturer (Intercultural Management, Tourism) in
Europe and East Asia
Since 2002 professor for Leisure and Tourism
Management
Research Fellow of Japanese Society for the Promotion of
Science
Fellow of Royal Geographical Society (London)
Director of
China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI)
Vice-Director of IMT
Institute for Management and Tourism
Adjunct professor at Yanbian
University of Science and Technology (Yanji/China)
Visiting professor at
Ningbo University (Ningbo/China)
Visiting professor at University of
Sunderland (Sunderland/UK)
Since February 2007 professor for Tourism Economics at
German West Coast University of Applied Sciences (FH Westkueste)
Since August 2008 member of Senate of FHW
Professional
Memberships:
Member of Board, ELRA (European Leisure Research
Association)
Member, AIEST (International Association of
Scientific Experts in Tourism)
Representative of German West Coast University of Applied Sciences, ATLAS (Association for
Tourism and Leisure Education)
Member, DFJV (Deutscher
Fachjournalistenverband – German Association of Scientific
Journalists)
Member, DGA
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde – German Society for Asian
Sciences)
Member, DGT (Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Tourismuswissenschaft – German Society for Tourism
Science)
Member, DMB
(Deutscher Museumsbund - German Museums Association)
Member, JSPS Club Bonn
(Association of Former Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research
Fellows in Germany)
Member
hlb (Deutscher
Hochschullehrerbund – German Association of
Professors)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt