I-Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) iyakuthokozela ukumemezela ukuqokwa komholi womcabango, iphayona, uthisha kanye nomholi wemboni yezokuvakasha kwemvelo uMegan Epler Wood njengoMeluleki wayo Okhethekile ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme kwezokuvakasha ezindaweni, amabhizinisi kanye nemiphakathi.
“Sizizwa sihloniphekile ngokuba noMegan njengomeluleki okhethekile we-PATA. Abaholi bezindawo okuyiwa kuzo kuso sonke isifunda sase-Asia Pacific banentshisekelo enkulu ekuthuthukiseni amandla abo okuqina nokusimama ngenkathi behlanganyela ezinzuzweni ezinhle zezenhlalo, zamasiko nezomnotho ezilethwa ngokuhamba, "kusho isikhulu se-PATA uLiz Ortiguera. “Ulwazi nobungcweti bukaMegan buzoba wusizo olukhulu ekuqhubekiseleni phambili inqubekelaphambili ebheke ohlelweni lokuhamba lwe-Asia Pacific oluqinile futhi oluzinzile. Sibheke ngabomvu ukubambisana naye ukuxhasa inethiwekhi yethu kanye nemboni kulolu hambo. "
U-Megan Epler Wood unikele ngomsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti weminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30 ekwakhiweni kwemihlahlandlela yobungcweti, amathuluzi, izinqubomgomo, nezinsiza zemfundo ezigxile ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha okuzinzile. Ngo-1990, waqala ukugqama emkhakheni wezokuvakasha kwemvelo ngokusungula inhlangano yokuqala yezokuvakasha engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni (NGO) yokuqala emhlabeni, i-International Ecotourism Society.
Ngemva kokusungula i-NGO yakhe, waqala ukuhola indlela yakhe yokubonisana namazwe ngamazwe, i-EplerWood International, ngo-2003. Lapho usebenze nethimba lakhe emisebenzini engaphezu kweshumi nambili emazweni angaphezu kuka-35 ekhuthaza intuthuko esimeme, kanye nezinhlangano ezidumile emhlabeni wonke njenge-United States. I-Agency for International Development (USAID), iqembu leBhange Lomhlaba, iDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), kanye ne-Inter-American Development Bank. Usexoxisane nohulumeni bamazwe aseLatin America, e-Asia nase-Afrika ngezinqubomgomo zokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha esimeme, futhi unesibopho sokugqugquzela ukuthuthukiswa kwamabhizinisi amancane ezindaweni zasemakhaya nezinhlobonhlobo zemvelo eheha amashumi ezigidi zamaRandi aseMelika.
Ephawula ngokuqokwa, uNksz Epler Wood uthe, “Ngijabule kakhulu ukusebenzisana ne-PATA kulesi sikhathi esibalulekile ekuphathweni kwezokungcebeleka okusimeme. Isifunda sase-Asia Pacific sisesimweni esibalulekile sokuhola ngokwamukela izinhlelo ezisesikhathini samanje, ezigxile kudatha yendawo esimeme kanye nokuphathwa kwebhizinisi ezehlisa umthelela futhi zihlomulise izivakashi nabantu bendawo.”
Njengamanje u-Megan unguMqondisi Ophethe we-Sustainable Tourism Asset Management Programme (STAMP) e-Cornell University's Centre for Sustainable Global Enterprise kanye ne-SC Johnson College of Business, indima abeyibambe kusukela ngo-2017. Kanye nohlelo lwe-STAMP, olusekela ucwaningo mayelana nalo. ukuphathwa okusimeme kwezokuvakasha, waphinde waqokwa njengelungu eliholayo le-Cornell On-line Course, Sustainable Tourism Destination Management, ngo-2022.
Eminye yemisebenzi yakamuva kaMegan ihlanganisa ukuzibandakanya kwakhe ne-Harvard University, i-Cornell University, kanye nokukhishwa kombiko wakhe owaziwa kabanzi othi “Destinations At Risk: The Invisible Burden of Tourism.” Kusukela ngo-2015 kuya ku-2018, ubenguMqondisi we-International Sustainable Tourism Initiative (ISTI) eMnyangweni Wezempilo Yezemvelo e-Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Ngalesi sikhathi, wahola abacwaningi baseHarvard ophikweni lokuqala locwaningo ekhempasini yaseHarvard olugxile ngokuphelele kwezokuvakasha esimeme. Iqembu lenze ucwaningo olusekelwe kusayensi oluningi ukuze lisize ohulumeni namabhizinisi ngenhloso yokuzuza imiphumela emihle evela ekuthuthukisweni kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke.
