Dr. Prof. Gábor Michalkó is scientific advisor at the CSFK Geographical Institute, and Professor of Tourism at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. He is head of the Doctoral School of Business and Management at Corvinus University of Budapest. He was awarded a PhD in Geography from University of Debrecen in 1998, and a DSc (academic Doctor of Sciences) from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2009, for his contribution to tourism geography. His recent research interests include urban tourism, shopping tourism, health tourism, human ecology of tourism, and the relationship between tourism and quality of life. He has published 8 books and 150 scientific articles, he has got nearly 3000 citations, his research findings were presented at many international conferences (AAG, EUGEO, IGU). He is Steering Committee’s member of Commission on Global Change and Human Mobility, furthermore member of Editorial Board of Hungarian Geographical Bulletin.