Emrullah Erul, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in Tourism Management at Izmir Katip Çelebi University, Turkey. He completed both his M.Sc. and Ph.D degree in the department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism Science (RPTS) at Texas A&M University. He undertakes community-centred research focusing on sustainable tourism planning and management (with a particular emphasis on social-cultural impacts and resident-tourist relationships) as well as protected areas and adjacent communities. His research interests concern residents’ attitudes toward tourism development and their support for tourism, sustainable tourism development, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) (e.g. ChatGPT and Chatbots) in tourism & hospitality. His research has appeared in numerous leading tourism journals, such as Tourism Management, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Journal of Travel Research, and Current Issues in Tourism. He also serves on the Editorial Board of Tourism Management Perspective and as a referee for numerous SSCI journals.