Dr. Ahmed Abdel Fattah | Tourism Studies | Research Excellence Award
Lecturer | Macao University of Tourism | Macau
Dr. Ahmed Abdel Fattah is a tourism and heritage studies scholar with expertise in cultural and heritage tourism, museum and attraction management, niche tourism, and qualitative research methods. His research focuses on visitor experiences, authenticity, religious and cultural tourism, host–guest relations, and the socio-cultural politics of tourism, with strong engagement in Middle Eastern and Asian contexts. He has contributed through peer-reviewed journal articles, encyclopedia chapters, and conference research addressing museums, Bedouin tourism, mosque visitation, and gendered leisure practices. His scholarly output comprises 13 research documents, receiving 26 citations across 23 citing works, with an h-index of 3, reflecting consistent academic impact. Professionally, he has extensive experience in higher education teaching, research supervision, curriculum development, academic governance, policy-oriented tourism projects, and international capacity-building initiatives.
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Featured Publications
– Journal of Heritage Tourism
– Museum Management and Curatorship
– Tourism Management Perspectives
– Current Issues in Tourism
– Annals of Tourism Research Insights