Gulsun Yildirim has B.A. degree in Tourism Management from Adnan Menderes University and ELT from Pamukkale University. After graduating from B.A. she has M.A degree from Eskişehir Osmangazi University in Tourism Management and Ph.D. degree from Selcuk University/Gazi University in Tourism Management. She worked as a tour guide for three years. She also worked as a lecturer in Ardesen Vocational School of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University between 2012-2019. She has been working as Assistant Professor in the department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts in the Tourism Faculty of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University. Her Research Interests are Rural Tourism, Agri-tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Marketing, Qualitative Research Methods, Tour Guiding, Women Empowerment. She is a reviewer on IGI Global’s International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management in the Digital Age (IJTHMDA). Her work appears in book chapters released by Routledge.