Alan A. Lew is a Professor in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation at Northern Arizona University where he teaches courses in geography, urban planning and tourism development. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and is a Fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism (IAST). His education included attending universities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Hawaii and Oregon, as well as his home state of California. As a result, his research interests focus on tourism in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in Southeast Asia and greater China, with topics covering community tourism planning, tourist movements, sustainable tourism, heritage tourism, tourism geography. His international interests have included two Fulbright positions, in Singapore and Malaysia, visiting lecturer positions in Germany and Singapore, research associate in Malaysia and China, external examiner positions in Malaysia and Hong Kong, and conference co-organizing in China (biennially since 2001), Arizona, Martinique, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Dr. Lew has authored over 60 articles and book chapters, in addition to his books listed here on Amazon.com. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the academic journal, Tourism Geographies (since 1999) and has served in leadership positions for the Tourism Commission of the International Geographical Union (IGU) and the Recreation, Tourism and Sport (RTS) specialty group of the Association of American Geographers (AAG). He has been using the internet in his teaching since 1995 and has been a campus leader in online teaching technology. Alan Lew's classes, publications, professional association and conference involvement, social media and other professional activities can be found at http://AlanLew.com.