Dr. Fernando Almeida-García is full Professor at the University of Malaga, Spain. Graduate and PhD in Geography. He teaches at the Faculty of Tourism at the University of Malaga. His research fields are tourism policy, management destination, residents’ attitudes to tourism and tourism and Middle and East Asia. He has published articles in main international tourism journals, and collaborated in international projects with European, Latin American and Middle and East Asia universities. He is a visiting professor at the University of Pomerania (Poland) and has spent several research and teaching stays at numerous European, American and Asian universities (Incheon, Seoul, Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Bogota, Lisbon, Northern Ireland, Palermo, Belgrade, etc.). He was senior researcher of the research group "Land and Tourism". He is currently director of the Master in Tourism Planning at the University of Malaga, and he is studying the attitudes of residents in mass destinations. I also have extensive work experience in Destination Management Organization and local governments, in Malaga, Melilla and Santiago de Compostela, (Spain).