A Portrait of Douglas G. Pearce
Christian Schott
10.26686/wgtn.12744665.v1
https://openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz/articles/journal_contribution/A_Portrait_of_Douglas_G_Pearce/12744665
<p>I am very pleased to be
offered the opportunity to write a portrait of Professor Douglas G. Pearce for Anatolia.
Although an autobiographic account of Doug’s evolution from ‘Geographer
to Tourism Geographer to Tourism Management scholar’ was published in Stephen
Smith’s 2010 book <i>The Discovery of
Tourism</i>, a comprehensive account of a four decade long contribution to our
field is arguably not adequately established without insights on the breadth
and depth of a pioneering scholar’s contributions by his colleagues and
peers. In this context I wholeheartedly
embrace this opportunity to share the views of several (indeed I hope most) of
Doug’s colleagues, peers and mentees about his numerous, long-standing and
enduring contributions to our field. My
own position is best described by stating that I reside in both the colleague
and mentee cohorts. I have had the pleasure of being Doug’s colleague in the
Tourism Management Group at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand, and co-authored of several of
Doug’s publications. But at the same
time I have benefitted greatly from Doug’s advice, guidance and overall
leadership of the VUW Tourism Management Group and as such regard him as a
longstanding mentor. </p>
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