President ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee
Fergus Maclaren is a Canadian sustainable tourism and cultural heritage management professional with 25 years of experience in North America, Asia and Africa, with much of his current professional focus involving tourism to World Heritage sites and the implementation of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals. His background includes a broad range of tourism planning, destination management and community development expertise. His professional experience includes: coordinating international meetings and input as the Director of the UN-funded International Year of Ecotourism (IYE); teaching sustainable tourism at Canada’s McGill University and lecturing on the subject at post-secondary institutions internationally. He currently works in Expert and professional capacities for UNESCO, UNWTO, the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC), the World Monuments Fund, the Economic Innovation Institute for Africa, and the Heritage and Cultural Society for Africa (HACSA). He also has his own private consulting firm, MAC-DUFF Tourism | Heritage | Planning.
President ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism CommitteeFergus Maclaren is a Canadian sustainable tourism and cultural heritage management professional with 25 years of experience in North America, Asia and Africa, with much of his current professional focus involving tourism to World Heritage sites and the implementation of the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals. His background includes a broad range of tourism planning, destination management and community development expertise. His professional experience includes: coordinating international meetings and input as the Director of the UN-funded International Year of Ecotourism (IYE); teaching sustainable tourism at Canada’s McGill University and lecturing on the subject at post-secondary institutions internationally. He currently works in Expert and professional capacities for UNESCO, UNWTO, the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC), the World Monuments Fund, the Economic Innovation Institute for Africa, and the Heritage and Cultural Society for Africa (HACSA). He also has his own private consulting firm, MAC-DUFF Tourism | Heritage | Planning.
