Goh Hong Ching is a senior lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya. She holds a doctoral degree in Geography from Bonn University, a Bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning and a MSc degree in tourism planning from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She is a corporate member of the Malaysia Institute of Planners and a member of the Global Young Academy. Her research interests include tourism governance, natural resource governance, planning and impact management, sustainable development of cities and urbanization.