list of the UNWTO Ulysses Prize winners for knowledge creation and dissemination in Tourism

The UNWTO Ulysses Prize, widely considered the "Nobel Prize in Tourism" and is awarded to a distinguished scholar for an outstanding contribution to knowledge creation and dissemination in tourism. Here’s the list of Laureates- 

1) 2003: Prof. Donald Hawkins, George Washington University
2) 2004: Prof. J.R. Brent Ritchie, University of Calgary
3) 2005: Prof. Jafar Jafari, University of Wisconsin- Stout
4) 2006: Prof. David Airey, University of Surrey
5) 2007: Prof. Bernard Morucci, University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
6) 2008: Prof. Pauline Sheldon, University of Hawaii
7) 2009: Prof. Chris Cooper, Oxford Brookes University
8) 2011: Prof. Kaye Chon, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
9) 2012:Prof. Erik Cohen, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
10) 2013: Prof. Tej Vir Singh, Centre for Tourism Research & Development
11) 2014: Prof. Eduardo Fayos-Solà, University of Valencia
12) 2016.  Dr.Richard Butler, International Academy for the Study of Tourism
13) 2017: Dr.Geoffrey Wall, University of Waterloo, Canada

14) 2018:Valene L. Smith, California State University, USA

Source: UNWTO