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challenges of tourism development in protected areas of croatia and slovenia
has been a member of several COST Actions. He is an editorial board mem-
ber of the scientific journal Acta Geographica Croatica.
Igor Jurinčič
is an associate professor at the University of Primorska in the Faculty of
Tourism Studies Portorož – Turistica. He is a researcher of tourism geogra-
phy, spatial planning of tourism, sustainable tourism, and wine tourism. He
is the author or co-author of many books and scientific papers. His papers
have been published in many scientific reviews, like Tourism, International
Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, Hotel-link, Academica
Turistica, Dela, Varstvo narave, Geografski glasnik, and Informatica. He
has worked on many Slovenian and international projects with useful
outputs for tourism development. He was the chair of the Mediterranean
Institute of Tourism Research and the Department of Tourism Destination
Management, and also Vice Dean for Research of the Faculty of Tourism
Studies Portorož – Turistica of the University of Primorska.
Simon Kerma
is a geographer and sociologist of culture. He is an assistant professor and a
researcher at the University of Primorska in the Faculty of Tourism Studies –
Turistica. He is the Head of the Department of Cultural Tourism. He is also
one of the initial promoters and a collaborator of the Centre of Gastronomy
and Wine Culture of the University of Primorska. In his research, he deals
with issues in tourism geography, cultural tourism, wine and culinary tour-
ism, sustainable tourism, ecotourism, and tourism development in rural are-
as. He has been a co-editor of several professional and scientific monographs,
as well as co-author of scientific papers published in Academica Turistica,
Annales, Geoadria, Geografski vestnik, Region and regionalism, and ZRC
SAZU. He has also been an active member of the steering committees of sev-
eral domestic and international scientific conferences and summer schools.
Miha Koderman
is a teacher (associate professor) and researcher (senior research fel-
low) at the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Humanities at the
University of Primorska in Koper, Slovenia. His main research fields in-
clude tourism and economic geography, as well as geography of migration.
He is the author (or a co-author) of one scientific monograph and over 40
scientific articles, conference contributions, component parts, or chapters
in monographs. He has co-edited 4 scientific monographs and is also an ac-
tive member of the editorial board of the Geografski obzornik (Geographic
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has been a member of several COST Actions. He is an editorial board mem-
ber of the scientific journal Acta Geographica Croatica.
Igor Jurinčič
is an associate professor at the University of Primorska in the Faculty of
Tourism Studies Portorož – Turistica. He is a researcher of tourism geogra-
phy, spatial planning of tourism, sustainable tourism, and wine tourism. He
is the author or co-author of many books and scientific papers. His papers
have been published in many scientific reviews, like Tourism, International
Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, Hotel-link, Academica
Turistica, Dela, Varstvo narave, Geografski glasnik, and Informatica. He
has worked on many Slovenian and international projects with useful
outputs for tourism development. He was the chair of the Mediterranean
Institute of Tourism Research and the Department of Tourism Destination
Management, and also Vice Dean for Research of the Faculty of Tourism
Studies Portorož – Turistica of the University of Primorska.
Simon Kerma
is a geographer and sociologist of culture. He is an assistant professor and a
researcher at the University of Primorska in the Faculty of Tourism Studies –
Turistica. He is the Head of the Department of Cultural Tourism. He is also
one of the initial promoters and a collaborator of the Centre of Gastronomy
and Wine Culture of the University of Primorska. In his research, he deals
with issues in tourism geography, cultural tourism, wine and culinary tour-
ism, sustainable tourism, ecotourism, and tourism development in rural are-
as. He has been a co-editor of several professional and scientific monographs,
as well as co-author of scientific papers published in Academica Turistica,
Annales, Geoadria, Geografski vestnik, Region and regionalism, and ZRC
SAZU. He has also been an active member of the steering committees of sev-
eral domestic and international scientific conferences and summer schools.
Miha Koderman
is a teacher (associate professor) and researcher (senior research fel-
low) at the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Humanities at the
University of Primorska in Koper, Slovenia. His main research fields in-
clude tourism and economic geography, as well as geography of migration.
He is the author (or a co-author) of one scientific monograph and over 40
scientific articles, conference contributions, component parts, or chapters
in monographs. He has co-edited 4 scientific monographs and is also an ac-
tive member of the editorial board of the Geografski obzornik (Geographic
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