Prof. Martin Thomas Falk, TUniversity of South Eastern Norway, Norway

Title of speech: domestic tourism boom in rural areas during the pandemic

Dr. Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, University of South Australia, Australia

Title of speech: Socialising tourism for social and ecological justice – A vision of tourism for the public good

Freya Higgins-Desbiolles is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, Business Unit, University of South Australia. Her work focuses on social justice, human rights and sustainability issues in tourism, hospitality and events. She has worked with communities, non-governmental organisations and businesses that seek to harness tourism for sustainable and equitable futures. She is one of the Founding members of the Tourism Alert and Action Forum. She has published in leading journals, the Conversation and Newsweek as well as contributed to tourism trade magazines. She was honoured as one of 50 “most awesome” tourism scholars in 2018 by the Women Academics in Tourism network.