Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin (born 23 June 1952) is an English educator, academic and responsible tourism campaigner and expert. He was Professor of Responsible Tourism Management at Leeds Metropolitan University from 2006 until 2013 and then went on to join Manchester Metropolitan University where he remains a Professor Emeritus and a senior fellow in the Institute of Place Management. He is also the responsible tourism advisor for the World Travel Market. Early life and education Goodwin was born and bred in Coventry and has lived in Faversham since 1977 where he has been chair of the Faversham Society since 2015. He studied Social Sciences at The University of York, followed by a PhD in Political Science and Government at The University of Manchester. Initially, he worked in Adult Education for the Workers' Educational Association in Kent, and then for the Inner London Education Authority in Camden. Career Goodwin is the founder and managing director of the Responsible Tourism Partnership (founded in 2002). He also founded the International Centre for Responsible Tourism in 2002. He was research director on a three-year government-funded project investigating Tourism, Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology and at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Greenwich.