Dimitrios G. Lagos is a Professor Emeritus of Tourism Economics & Business Management, former President and Dean, at the School of Business Administration of the University of the Aegean. He has held also the positions of President of the Hellenic Regionalist Association, Director of the Interdepartmental Program of Post-Graduate Studies in Tourism Planning, Management and Policy at the University of the Aegean, and Advisor Professor in the Post-Graduate Program of Tourist Business Management at the Department of Social Sciences of the Hellenic Open University. His research areas of interest are regional tourism development, tourism economics, tourism planning and special interest tourism.