Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations

Dr. Akhmand Saufi is interested in tourism issues particularly related to community empowerment, community participation, tourism entrepreneurship, and small-scale tourism enterprises. He received his PhD in 2013 from Griffith University, Australia, with a thesis titled "Understanding host community's experiences in establishing and developing small tourism enterprises in Lombok, Indonesia". Dr. Saufi published "Inhibitors to host community participation in sustainable tourism development in developing countries" in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism in 2014. At the same time, he participated as an editor in an International Green Tourism Symposium organised by Mataram University in Lombok. Also, in 2014, one of his research projects resulted in the development of the "Master Plan of Lombok Sustainable Tourism Development, 2015 - 2019". His current research is focusing on the development of "Halal Tourism" in Lombok, Indonesia.

Imanuella R. Andilolo has a background is in international business with specialization in business law. Her research focus is primarily in the area of tourism with and emphasis on marketing and management aspects. ASEAN has been her major area of research interest, especially with the formation of ASEAN Community 2015, on which she wrote a review of ASEAN Tourism Marketing Strategies

Dr. Nor'ain Othman is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. She has more than 10 years working experience as an assistant director in Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board and joined UiTM in 1993. She was the former Deputy Dean (Research and Industry Linkages) and her research focuses on tourism management, tourism marketing, event management, heritage tourism and Islamic tourism. She has published in a number of articles at international journal, chapter in books and presented papers at local and international conferences. She is the vanguard researcher