Davina Stanford

Sustainable Tourism Specialist

MSc in Tourism Management

BA, University of Glamorgan
MA in Tourism and Leisure , Lancaster University
PhD, Victoria University of Wellington

Short Bio

Davina has 22 years' experience in sustainable tourism as a researcher, project manager and educator.

Davina’s research has focused on promoting sustainable tourism for partnerships, destinations and individuals in environmentally and culturally sensitive destinations. Consultancy projects focussed primarily on best practice in destination management for a range of clients including destination management organisations, local authorities, regional, national and international agencies (e.g. the Northwest Development Agency, Natural England, VisitEngland, UNEP and UNWTO), small businesses, and local community groups.

As an educator, Davina was Director of the Responsible Tourism Management MSc at Leeds Beckett University (LBU). This included the planning, administration and quality assurance of the course which was twice awarded UNWTO TedQual status under her leadership.

Davina sits on the board of directors for the Ninki Nanka Foundation, a charitable foundation based in The Gambia, which is intended to help promote the responsible tourism development of the river.

Selected Publications

Burrai E., Buda D. & Stanford D. (2019). Rethinking the ideology of responsible tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 27 (7), 992-1007

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Torkington K., Stanford D. & Guiver J. (2020). Discourses of growth and sustainability in national tourism strategies. Journal of Sustainable Tourism , 28 (7), 1041-1062

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Stanford D. & Turner J. (2022). Responsible Tourism Encyclopaedia of Tourism Management and Marketing, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing

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Stanford D. (2022). The Ninki Nanka Trial, The Gambia, Tourism Cases, Wallingford, CABI International

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