Maya Shames

Maya Shames is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Paris 13-Sorbonne, she holds a master's degree in sustainable tourism management from the Lebanese University, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Her research interests include sustainable tourism, cultural and heritage tourism, tourism management, and landscape management… Has undertaken several studies that have examined the socio-environmental impacts of tourism, cultural landscapes, and the living heritage, rural tourism and tourist demand... Her current Ph.D. thesis aims at improving the sustainable management of cultural heritage tourism in the rural areas of Lebanon.