Ilay Sensagir

Ilay Sensagir is a Lecturer in the Academy for Hotel & Facility at Breda University of Applied Sciences. Their research focuses on tourism behavior analysis, risk assessment methodologies, and virtual reality's impact on user experiences. Sensagir is actively involved in the SASTDes project, exploring sustainable tourist destination assessment through risk evaluation and behavioral studies.

Key research contributions include developing tourist profiling frameworks, analyzing activity risk assessments, and investigating avatar-user interaction dynamics in VR environments. They have presented work at academic conferences and delivered guest lectures on diversity & inclusion topics like implicit bias and self-expression in professional settings.

Notable projects include the 2017–2022 Smart Assessment Sustainable Tourist Destinations initiative, addressing carbon footprint reduction and destination sustainability in regions like Slovenia and France. Sensagir's work bridges academic research with practical applications in hospitality and facility management.