Takamitsu Jimura

Dr Takamitsu Jimura is Programme Manager for MSc International Tourism Management and Senior Lecturer in Tourism at Liverpool John Moores University. Takamitsu holds a PhD in Tourism and Cultural Heritage Management and an MSc in Tourism, Conservation and Sustainable Development. His key research interests include cultural heritage and tourism, tourism marketing and sustainable tourism. Takamitsu is especially interested in exploring the impacts of World Heritage Site (WHS) designation on tourism development, local communities, and heritage management and conservation activities.

He is the author of a number of monograph, journal articles and book chapters and one of the co-editors of the book, 'Tourism Ethnographies: Ethics, Methods, Application and Reflexivity' (Routledge, 2019). His latest monograph is 'World Heritage Sites: Tourism, Local Communities and Conservation Activities' (CABI, 2019). The monograph is the results of his long years of research on WHSs. In addition, he has been invited to international conferences as a keynote speaker.

He is currently working on a monograph that looks at cultural heritage and tourism in Japan and a co-edited book that focuses on cultural heritage, tourism and urban regeneration.