Dr Md Ariful Hoque
Associate Professor
Department of Marketing
Jahangirnagar University
Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh

Dr Md Ariful Hoque is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. He holds a PhD with a focus on NGO-tourism-Indigenous poverty nexus from the University of Otago, New Zealand.
In his academic career, Arif served several universities – both public and private – and significantly contributed to the teaching and learning of the respective organisations. His research interests are multidisciplinary and primarily centred on Indigenous/marginal community-based tourism (CBT) businesses, NGO facilitation in community-centred tourism businesses, community empowerment through tourism businesses’ involvement, and social sustainability aspects of tourism micro-businesses in developing contexts. Arif strongly believes that research can contribute positively to the development of marginal communities and help identify possibilities for development interventions. This has been a strong motivation for his continued interest in community-based research. Alongside, his contemporary research interest revolves around tourism crisis management with a focus on the refugee crisis and the crisis recovery issues in the hospitality industry. Arif’s works have been published in top-tier journals, edited book, and conference proceedings.