A researcher, he teaches Tourism Economics at the University of Catania and serves as the regional delegate for SISTUR—the Italian Society of Tourism Sciences.
He conducts teaching and research on topics related to economics as applied to the tourism sector, with a particular focus on sustainable development, territorial governance, and the analysis of tourism models.
He coordinates the Master’s program in Tourism Operations Management at the University of Catania, a management training program offered in collaboration with the country’s leading hotel groups.
He provides consulting services to companies and organizations on issues related to destination management and tourism planning. Since 2025, he has served as Director of the Enjoy Barocco Local Development Observatory of the GAL Terra Barocca.
In recent years, he has overseen the Enjoy Barocco (in the province of Ragusa), Turisma (in the Taormina area), and Discovering Rural Sicily (in western and southeastern Sicily) projects in Sicily.
