{"611748":{"#nid":"611748","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dhongde Participates in Georgia Governor\u2019s Tourism Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/shatakshee-dhongde\u0022\u003EShatakshee Dhongde\u003C\/a\u003E, Associate Professor at the School of Economics, was invited to present her research at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.georgiagtc.com\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Governor\u0026rsquo;s Tourism Conference\u003C\/a\u003E. The conference is Georgia\u0026#39;s largest tourism conference and drew together scholars and practitioners working on different aspects of tourism and economic development in the state of Georgia. Dr. Dhongde participated in a panel organized by the Georgia Department of Economic Development. Her talk discussed the economic impact of infrastructure projects in Georgia. Her current research on multi-purpose trails revealed that these projects not only helps increase tourism but also has a significant impact on reducing poverty, and bridging the rural-urban inequality in the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Shatakshee Dhongde, Associate Professor at the School of Economics, was invited to present her research at the Georgia Governor\u2019s Tourism Conference."}],"uid":"34791","created_gmt":"2018-09-20 17:54:49","changed_gmt":"2018-09-20 17:54:49","author":"rmeyden3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-09-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-09-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"611747":{"id":"611747","type":"image","title":"Shatakshee Dhongde","body":null,"created":"1537465898","gmt_created":"2018-09-20 17:51:38","changed":"1567697703","gmt_changed":"2019-09-05 15:35:03","alt":"A portrait photo of Shatakshee Dhongde","file":{"fid":"232891","name":"14.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/14.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/14.png","mime":"image\/png","size":119149,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/14.png?itok=4i7nVSaF"}}},"media_ids":["611747"],"groups":[{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERachel van der Meyden\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMarketing and Event Coordinator\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Economics\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rachel.vandermeyden@econ.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}