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Michal Apollo on A Bridge Too Far: Evolution of a peripheral mountain area under the influence of transport development
Moderated by Sebastien Tabash
2023 annual Global Justice Program conference
Yale University
November 2, 2023
Michal Apollo is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, a Fellow of Yale University’s Global Justice Program, New Haven, USA, a Visiting Scholar at Hainan University – Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College, Haikou, China, and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Tourism Research Wakayama University, Japan. Michal is an enthusiastic researcher (research field: System man – high-mountain environment), traveller (visited more than 60 countries on 6 continents), mountaineer (several new climbing routes, including first ascent on two Himalaya peaks: in 2006, Masala Peak, and in 2012, Forgotten Peak), ultra-runner (among others, finisher of a 100-mile trail race), diver (AOWD), photographer (a few photo exhibitions) and science populariser (a few hundred of pop-science lectures) [https://globaljustice.yale.edu/people/michal-apollo]
More info: https://globaljustice.yale.edu
#tourism #justice #transport #periferia #development #himalayas #nepal #everest #annapurna #nationalpark #himalayas #inequality #mountains #mountaineering #trekking
This is an abridged version of a presentation that was given as part of the 12th International Conference on ‘Sustainable Tourism & Development: Risks and Opportunities In Uncertain Times. Pokhara, Nepal, 10.10.2023.
Further information can be found in the publication:
Apollo, M. (2025). A bridge too far: the dilemma of transport development in peripheral mountain areas. Journal of Tourism Futures, 11(1), 23-37. DOI: 10.1108/JTF-04-2024-0065
emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/jtf-04-2024-0065/full/html
Michal Apollo on A Bridge Too Far: Evolution of a peripheral mountain area under the influence of transport development
Moderated by Sebastien Tabash
2023 annual Global Justice Program conference
Yale University
November 2, 2023
Michal Apollo is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, a Fellow of Yale University’s Global Justice Program, New Haven, USA, a Visiting Scholar at Hainan University – Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College, Haikou, China, and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Tourism Research Wakayama University, Japan. Michal is an enthusiastic researcher (research field: System man – high-mountain environment), traveller (visited more than 60 countries on 6 continents), mountaineer (several new climbing routes, including first ascent on two Himalaya peaks: in 2006, Masala Peak, and in 2012, Forgotten Peak), ultra-runner (among others, finisher of a 100-mile trail race), diver (AOWD), photographer (a few photo exhibitions) and science populariser (a few hundred of pop-science lectures) [https://globaljustice.yale.edu/people/michal-apollo]
More info: https://globaljustice.yale.edu
#tourism #justice #transport #periferia #development #himalayas #nepal #everest #annapurna #nationalpark #himalayas #inequality #mountains #mountaineering #trekking
This is an abridged version of a presentation that was given as part of the 12th International Conference on ‘Sustainable Tourism & Development: Risks and Opportunities In Uncertain Times. Pokhara, Nepal, 10.10.2023.
Further information can be found in the publication:
Apollo, M. (2025). A bridge too far: the dilemma of transport development in peripheral mountain areas. Journal of Tourism Futures, 11(1), 23-37. DOI: 10.1108/JTF-04-2024-0065
emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/jtf-04-2024-0065/full/html
