Victor T. King is Emeritus Professor at the University of Leeds, UK, Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Adjunct Professor at Chiangmai University, Thailand, and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. He has long-standing research interests in the sociology and anthropology of Southeast Asia. His recent publications include The Historical Reconstruction of Southeast Asian Studies: Korea and Beyond (edited with Park Seung Woo 2013), Rethinking Asian Tourism: Culture, Encounters and Local Response (edited with Ploysri Porananond, 2014), and UNESCO in Southeast Asia: World Heritage Sites in Comparative Perspective (2016).