Matteucci
- Xavier Matteucci, MSc
- External Lecturer
- MODUL University Vienna
- (e) xavier.matteucci[AT]modul.ac.at
- (w) www.modul.ac.at/thm
- Office Hours
- Room Number
- none
- Short Bio
- Until February 2012, Xavier Matteucci was a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management. His main research interests are the tourist experience, tourism impacts, transformative travel, cultural tourism, second home tourism, sustainability, regionalism and authenticity issues. Before joining MODUL University Vienna, he has worked for both inbound and outbound tour operating businesses for 5 years in France and Canada. Xavier holds a MA degree in Modern Languages and International Business from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France (1997) and a MSc in Tourism Management from the University of Surrey, UK (1998). His current PhD research investigates the tourist experience of intangible heritage with a particular focus on the role of the body and senses in that experience. At MU, Xavier either teaches or has taught Tourism Economics, Tourism Analysis and Academic Writing. Xavier is also an external lecturer at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences(FHWien) where he teaches in the Master program.