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Peter Varga

Dr Peter Varga

Dr Peter Varga

Professeur Assistant

Expertise

  • Anthropologie et tourisme
  • Intelligence culturelle
  • Durabilité socioculturelle
  • Culture d'hospitalité durable
  • Développement du tourisme

Biographie

Peter Varga, PhD, est Professeur Assistant à l'EHL. Ses recherches portent sur les dynamiques socioculturelles durables des pratiques touristiques actuelles dans les sociétés d'accueil, l'intelligence culturelle dans les rencontres de services interculturels et le symbolisme dans l'alimentation et les habitudes alimentaires d'un point de vue culturel.


Il a obtenu un doctorat en sciences sociales, spécialisation en anthropologie du tourisme, à l'Université de Guadalajara et un master en sociologie avec une spécialisation en économie et société, à l'Université d'Europe centrale et à l'Université de Lancaster.

Récompenses

Outstanding Paper Award Runner-Up for 'A modified value chain analysis of tourism development in the Inlay Lake region, Myanmar', Conference Proceedings of BEST EN Think Tank XV (2015)

Formation

PhD in Social Sciences, Specialisation in Anthropology of Tourism, University of Guadalajara

Cours enseignés

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
• Corporate Sustainability
• Gestion de la responsabilité sociétale de l’entreprise
• Sustainability transitions and Innovation in business
MASTER IN HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
• Foundations of Sustainability

Lieu d'enseignement

EHL Campus Lausanne
Publications académiques

Publications académiques de Peter Varga

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Sociocultural hurdles of sustainable hospitality management

Sustainability in the hospitality industry has been an area of growing interest among stakeholders in the last decades. However, sustainable projects that are often proposed by foreign/international stakeholders have met various obstacles during...

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Insights from images posted on social media : examining the motivations of volunteer tourists

Extensive research has been conducted on the motivations of volunteer tourists; however, the scope has not included how motivation is expressed through the posting of images on social media. This study examines the relationship between volunteer...

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The symbolic understanding of milk in Swiss gastronomy

In the 21st century, in a context where milk and dairy products are at the centre of many debates, this article wonders how doubts about these products are perceived in a gastronomic context where they are particularly appreciated and used. This...

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Ethical concern for Dumbo : elephant tourism in Thailand

There is a growing interest in the treatment of animals used in the tourism industry, yet the academic literature on the animal welfare consideration exhibited by tourists is limited. This exploratory study seeks to identify if demographic...

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KITRO : technology solutions to reduce food waste in Asia-Pacific hospitality and restaurants

This teaching case addresses sustainable hospitality in Asia-Pacific, specifically practices to reduce food waste. Hospitality and foodservice firms often require a third party to manage the introduction of sustainable practices. KITRO is a Swiss...

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To go or not to go, that is the question : using social influence to reduce hot beverage cup waste

While most consumers today feel concerned by environmental issues, the consumption of hot beverage in disposable cups remains very important. In this study, we use influence strategies related to social norms to reduce these behaviors and get...

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Teaching sustainability in higher education institutions : assessing hospitality students’ sustainability literacy

Currently, higher education (HE) institutions include sustainability concepts into their programs. Previous literature examined the opportunities and challenges of integrating sustainability at an institutional, curricular, and instrumental level....

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Welcome to my home : Muslim residents’ perceptions of Western tourists

Religion influences people and their perceptions. This paper examines Muslim hosts' perception of Western mass tourism using the tourist island of Gili Trawangan in Indonesia. The study's primary purpose is to show how the beliefs and practices of...

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Publications dans des revues

Varga, P., & Muñoz-Barriga, A. (2025). The Broken Golden Egg of the Galapagos: Mistrust and short sightedness in the UNESCO World Heritage Site. International Marketing Journal of Culture and Tourism, 7, 81-89. Retrieved from https://imjct.com/archives/issue-7/issue-7-7/

Laaksonen, S. and Varga, P. (2024). Assessing the impact of selfie-taking tourists on local tour guides in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: A netnographic analysis of a dark tourism location. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 19(3), 331-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2023.2292147

Varga, P., Rouger, M. A., Terrier, L., Zizka, L., & Zivkovic, P. (2022). Welcome to My Home: Muslim Residents' Perceptions of Western Tourists. Tourism: an international interdisciplinary journal, 70(4), 571-584. https://doi.org/10.37741/t.70.4.3

Zizka, L., & Varga, P. (2021). Teaching sustainability in higher education institutions: Assessing hospitality students’ sustainability literacy. Journal of hospitality & tourism education, 33(4), 242-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/10963758.2020.1726771

Martin-Rios, C., Zizka, L., Varga, P., & Pasamar, S. (2020). KITRO: Technology solutions to reduce food waste in Asia-Pacific hospitality and restaurants. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 25(10), 1128-1135. https://doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2020.1773513

Terrier, L., Varga, P. Scaroni, A., & Zizka, L. (2020). To go or not to go, that is the question: Using social influence to reduce hot beverage cup waste, Journal of Foodservice Business Research, 23(4), 350-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/15378020.2020.1768041

Leroy, P., & Varga, P. (2019). The symbolic understanding of milk in Swiss gastronomy. Research in Hospitality Management, 9(1), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/22243534.2019.1653608

Worwag, S., Varga, P., & Zizka, L. (2019). Tourists’ Ethical Concern for Dumbo: Elephant Tourism in Thailand. Journal of Travel, Tourism and Recreation, 1(2), 17-27. https://doi.org/10.22259/2642-908X.0102002

Haslebacher, C., Varga, P., & Murphy, H.C. (2019). Insights from images posted on social media: Examining the motivations of volunteer tourists. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, 18(2), 259-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332845.2019.1558490

Varga, P., & Binder, A. (2015). Sociocultural Hurdles of Sustainable Hospitality Management. Asia-Pacific Journal of Innovation in Hospitality and Tourism, 4(1), 77-92. https://doi.org/10.7603/s40930-015-0005-7