COTRI’s Founder and CEO
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt FRGS FRAS
中 First visit to People’s Republic of China in 1978
中 1991-1999 owner of Inbound Tour Operator China -> Europe with offices in Beijing and Berlin
中 Since 2004 COTRI founder and director
中 Professor for International Tourism Management at West Coast University of Applied Sciences Germany (Heide)
中 Visiting researcher/professor at universities in China (Ningbo U, Sun Yat-sen U Guangzhou), United Kingdom (Leeds U), Australia (Curtin U) and New Zealand (Tai Poutini U)
中 Member of PhD Supervisor/Examiner team at universities in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Polytechnical U), Germany (KU Eichstätt), UK (Teesside U), Spain (Girona U, U Rovira i Virgili Tarragona)
中 Fellow Royal Geographical Society (London)
中 Fellow Royal Asiatic Society (London)
中 Research Fellow Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo)
中 Board member PATA Pacific Asia Travel Association (Bangkok)
中 Vice President Western Europe ITSA International Tourism Studies Association (Beijing/Greenwich)
中 Fellow of International Association of China Tourism Studies (Guangzhou)
中 Member of UNWTO Expert Panel (Madrid)
中 Member of Expert Committee of WTCF (Beijing)
