International Frontier Forum on Intelligent Aviation：Exploring Aviation and Tourism from an Economic Geography Perspective: Key Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward

Lecture Title：Exploring Aviation and Tourism from an Economic Geography Perspective: Key Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward

Speaker：Andreas Papatheodorou

Time：October 14,2026 14:00-16:00

Venue：Room 204, Haoran Building

Organizer： lnternational Institute of Civil Aviation

Position：

Professor Dr Andreas Papatheodorou, FHEA, FTS

Board Member, University Council

Director, MBA Programme in Air Transport Management (MATBA)

Director, Laboratory of Tourism Transport, Infrastructure and Destination Development

Professor in Industrial and Spatial Economics with emphasis on Tourism

Department of Tourism Economics and Management

University of the Aegean, Greece

Introduction：

This lecture will first explore the link between air transport and tourism economic geography, emphasising how air connectivity and accessibility support tourism growth and development. It will also consider the different impacts of air transport and the environmental challenges it poses amid growing climate change concerns. Lastly, it will underline the importance of effective stakeholder engagement and management within air transport, and how this can foster peace and prosperity through tourism, especially in cross-border regions. In this context, it will also suggest a suitable roadmap for policymakers involved in this area.