Welcome to the personal website of Sylvain Petit.
Here you will find his CV, his latest news below, a page on his academic research and a page on his teaching.
Contact: sylvain.petit@uphf.fr
Research fields: tourism economics; international economics; applied econometrics; local development.
Sylvain Petit is Full Professor of Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Economics, History, Geography and Societies at the Institute of Societies and Humanities (ISH), Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF).
He is a member of the LARSH research laboratory (CRISS department) and of the Chair “Tourism and Heritage Valorisation”, elected treasurer of AsTRES, and associate researcher at GDI-CETOP (Université de la Polynésie française) and CRESEM (Université de Perpignan Via Domitia).
Member of the scientific committee of the EUNICE Synergy 2026 congress, 18–19 November 2026, Valenciennes (UPHF).
13th annual AFMAT conference and 12th annual ARIMHE conference (2026), 5–7 May 2026, Valenciennes and Amiens: “Tourism management in transition: how do tourism organisations and territories integrate humanistic needs and ecological emergencies into their strategies and practices?” (website).
14th multidisciplinary AsTRES conference, 8–11 December 2025, Valenciennes, Campus des Tertiales (UPHF): “Tourism and residents: conflicts, cohabitations and cooperation between visitors, local tourism stakeholders and destination populations” (website).
Giannoni, S., Petit, S. & Peypoch, N. (forthcoming). Assessing the Impact of Urban Riots on Tourism in France. Revue d’Économie Régionale et Urbaine.
Petit, S. & Suárez Tostado, M. (2026). Innovation Dynamics in Tourism: Insights from European SMEs. Tourism Economics, forthcoming, doi:10.1177/13548166261434994. (online version)
Delaplace, M., Dropsy, V., Fourati, M., Petit, S. & Sahli, M. (2026). Les JOP 2024 à Teahupo’o : un outil de développement du tourisme à Tahiti ? Une analyse des anticipations locales. In Les enjeux des Jeux. Éditions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme du Pacifique, forthcoming.
Richard, G. & Petit, S. (2026). Les liens entre habitants et tourisme : un enjeu scientifique majeur. Espaces tourisme & loisirs, 389, special issue “Residents and tourism”, March–April 2026 (editorial). (online version)
Sartoretti, I., Huftier, A., Petit, S. & Oumheta, M. (2026). La Porte du Hainaut : penser le tourisme avec et pour les habitants. Espaces tourisme & loisirs, 389, special issue “Residents and tourism”, March–April 2026. (online version)
Petit, S. (2026). Six thematic entries (Pricing, Tourism products, Tourism markets, International tourism flows, Tourism economics) in J.-M. Breton & J.-L. Michaud (Eds.), Dictionnaire du tourisme et du droit du tourisme. Mare & Martin. (online version)
Delaplace, M., Dropsy, V., Petit, S. & Sahli, M. (2025). Distances et proximités dans l’organisation des épreuves de surf des jeux olympiques de Paris 2024 à Teahupo’o en Polynésie française. Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français, 102(4), 571–590. (online version)
Oumheta, M. & Petit, S. (2025). Modelling a domestic tourism destination: adapting the Regional Tourism Model to the Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Via – Tourism Review, 27. (online version)