Dr. Dioko will tell you how to travel with integrity and responsibility.
(Video produced by Eric)

Prof. Leonardo (Don) Dioko is at the Institute for Tourism Studies, Macau (IFT) and is the Director of IFT’s Tourism Research Centre (ITRC), which principally conducts policy research commissioned by the Macau SAR Government. The most significant of these studies is the Centre’s long-running annual study on Macau's Tourism Carrying Capacity, which began in 2003 and continues today to inform much of what we know about how Macau’s residents and its millions of visitors think, feel, and react to the tremendous change brought about by the almost inscrutable and oft-misunderstood force of tourism. Having arrived in Macau 25 years ago when visitors numbered only 6M/year, Don’s work and core research have allowed him and his colleagues to systematically and continuously observe some of the most important long-term socio-economic trends in Macau driven by rapid tourism growth. His work has led Don to believe that tourism growth can be a force for good as much as it can be a force for harm.

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