Dr. Thaib Alharethi is currently working as an Assistant Professor and Head of the Research and Creativity Department at KAUFT, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. From 2020 to 2023, he was a Visiting Academic at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. From 2015 to 2016, he was an Evaluation and Quality Assurance Head at the Faculty of Tourism, King Abdulaziz University. He holds a Ph.D. in Hospitality and Tourism Management from the University of Surrey in 2020.

Moaaz Kabil is an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Regional Development, Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning, Cairo University, Egypt. Moaaz is currently a PhD candidate at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Hungary. He holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Egypt. His current research interests are Tourism Development, Tourism Planning, Blue Economy, Regional Development, Sustainable Tourism, and Coastal Tourism.