Ali Afshar holds a PhD in Architectural Studies from University Putra Malaysia and a MA in Architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran. He is an academic member for Eqbal Lahoori Institute of Higher Education where he has supervised more than 30 postgraduate theses on tourism-related titles. He has also taught in international architecture and cinema workshops for the past five years. Moreover, as a first-class registered architect with more than twenty years of experience, he demonstrates the feasibility of his ideas by integrating the knowledge of vernacular architecture and archi-tourism studies into the architectural and urban design of many tourism projects. Ali has been a scientific member of several conferences, a jury member of various film festivals and architectural competitions at both national and international levels.