Dr. Meng Qu (Mo)

Teaching Tourism in Higher Education – Geographical Perspectives & Beyond Date: Nov 29, 2025 Venue: RCC Cultural Center Room 601, Hiroshima Participation Fee: 500 yen (free for students & graduate students)

🔥 SAVE THE DATE 🌏 Atlas Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that its In-Between Regional Conference will be hosted by Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto on 9-10 March, 2026. ✈️ The overarching theme will be “TOURISM AND MOBILITIES”.

Happy to share my PhD student Gao (co-supervised) just published in Frontiers of Architectural Research! Using deep learning, the paper shows how spatial form—esp. sky ratio, ground area & depth—shapes aesthetic perception. Congrats to the team! doi.org/10.1016/j.foar…

We’ve kicked off the 19th UN Tourism Executive Training Programme in Ulaanbaatar! Over 30 delegates from across #AsiaPacific are here to explore how #tourism and culture can shape more resilient, inclusive destinations. Thank you to our hosts in #Mongolia for the warm welcome!

@AnttiEetu I live around Tamayura. Can make an Osen team someday

札幌で1年半以上住んでいるのに、この近所の銭湯を初めて訪問しました！😊 (＠ 北都湯 in 北海道, 札幌市) sauna-ikitai.com/saunners/54717…

🎥 UKOAPKAS – Ainu & Aboriginal art in dialogue. This film explores sustainability and art through a linoprint workshop. Directed by me produced by Ainu scholar Kanako Uzawa. 📽 Watch: youtu.be/oFN65Su3X-M #UKOAPKAS #IndigenousArt #Ainu #AboriginalArt #Sustainability

New island event coming up trybooking.com/uk/events/land…

@jmcheer1 My vice dean just passed away in her early 50s. In my memory, we always crossed paths at faculty meetings, but now, she has become a smiling photograph. Last week, a photo slides in a classroom displayed all her photos from her time at the university. Hard feelings after reading.

As 2025 beckons: “What are academics’ biggest mistakes as they contemplate this mystery around life and death, time and work? With the knowledge of work and time, what does the reminder that we each must die bring to academics’ work and life?” universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/…

My heartfelt thanks for all speakers' support of the CATS TOFS 2024. CATS Official YouTube Channel youtube.com/channel/UC4z59…

@jmcheer1 Great point! Entrepreneurs with deeper theoretical mindset!

🚩 This discussion appraises the wider question - what is the purpose of higher education and knowledge creation? 🗣 Rod McNaughton writes in The Conversation that developing an entrepreneurial mindset is key to creating lasting impact. theconversation.com/beyond-the-ivo…

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Burgers, never heard such name.

Chinese Burgers being made twitter.com/visualfeastwan…

Newchapter is out on The Routledge Handbook of Tourism Geographies. Million of hugs for @Jules_C_Wilson taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

The IGU Commission on Tourism and Leisure and Global Change pays tribute to our community of scholars and especially to outgoing Chair, Julie Wilson. Convivial, generous, kind and supportive, the IGU Tourism Commission welcomes you to join us. @IGU_Online_ @Jules_C_Wilson

Sir David Attenborough awarded the Planet and Humanity Medal at the International Geographical Congress 2024 in Dublin! Never has there been a more deserving recipient 👏🏾💚☘️ @igc2024dub

@Jules_C_Wilson @tandfsport @IguTourism @TourismJournal @RoutledgeGPU Can’t wait to see it

(Almost there!)

Rude tourists are part of the kyotoness now…

🚩 Come and join us in Hainan, China for the 4th Atlas Critical Tourism Studies Conference 13-15 January 2025. ⏰ Abstracts deadline 15 June. 🔗 criticaltourismstudies.com