Tourism Market Intelligence » Conference Tourism http://www.pslplan.co.uk/blog Planning Solutions Consulting's blog Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:23:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 International Conference: Tourism Futures http://www.pslplan.co.uk/blog/international-conference-tourism-futures.php http://www.pslplan.co.uk/blog/international-conference-tourism-futures.php#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:15:31 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.pslplan.co.uk/blog/?p=1104 International Conference: Tourism Futures
2nd – 5th of November 2011, Stenden University Leeuwarden
The annual conference of the European Tourism Future Institute (ETFI) will primarily address the issue of tourism futures. These themes include diverse topics such as rapid technological developments and the search for authenticity. Examples of technological developments are the rapid growth of alternative sources of energy and transportation, information technology, nanotechnology, biotechnology and robotica. The search for authenticity can be seen in the intensification of visitor-local relationships within creative cities and the slow movement in food and tourism. If we take into account that tourism is the largest and fastest growing industry in the world, it leaves no question that it is a significant challenge to think about tomorrow’s tourism and tomorrow’s tourist. Although there are valuable initiatives to monitor trends and developments worldwide, this will not be sufficient. We will have to stimulate our creativity and imagination to anticipate how various forces in our contemporary society will affect the demand and supply for leisure and tourism in the decades to come. The aim of the conference is to actively engage some of the world’s leading experts in future studies, academics and practitioners in a vibrant discussion and debate, to exchange information.
We invite delegates to submit papers relating to the overall theme of the conference as well as related themes. Specific workshops will be dedicated to:
- Creative cities: The rise of the citysumer
- Hotel of the future
- Slow Marketing
- Global shift of economic and political power: Emerging and submerging countries
Abstract (200-500 words) should indicate the topic of the paper, the workshop topic to which it is related, the main findings, and the theoretical and/or practical implications thereof. For detailed submission information please visit www.etfi.eu/conference.
Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail by July 31, 2011, to ETFI (conference@etfi.eu). Deadline for the submission of full papers: September 30, 2011.
Conference workshop papers will be considered through peer review for the new journal on Tourism Futures. The first issue of this journal is expected by mid-2012.
Scientific committee
Dr. Ian Yeoman, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Albert Postma, MSc, European Tourism Futures Institute, Leeuwarden
Dr. Jeroen Oskam, European Tourism Futures Institute, Leeuwarden
Dr. Kenneth Miller, Stenden university, Leeuwarden
Dr. Elena Cavagnaro, Stenden university, Leeuwarden
For information about the conference and
registration, please visit
www.etfi.eu/conference or call
+31 58 244 1992
Venue address
Rengerslaan 8
8917 DD Leeuwarden
The Netherlands

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]]> http://www.pslplan.co.uk/blog/international-conference-tourism-futures.php/feed 0 The 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas http://www.pslplan.co.uk/blog/the-6th-international-conference-on-monitoring-and-management-of-visitors-in-recreational-and-protected-areas.php http://www.pslplan.co.uk/blog/the-6th-international-conference-on-monitoring-and-management-of-visitors-in-recreational-and-protected-areas.php#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:28:05 +0000 Richard Linington http://www.pslplan.co.uk/blog/?p=1101 First announcement and call for papers
The 6th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas
Stockholm, Sweden, August 21-24, 2012
Conference theme: Outdoor Recreation in Change – Current Knowledge and Future Challenges
Conference web-site: www.mmv2012.se

Key dates
January 1, 2012: Deadline for session proposals
March 15, 2012: Deadline for abstracts for oral and poster presentations

Conference Co-chairs
Professor Peter Fredman, Mid-Sweden University
Professor Marie Stenseke, University of Gothenburg

For further information, visit www.mmv2012.se or e-mail info@mmv2012.se
Welcome to Stockholm in 2012!

The MMV conference provides a forum for presentations and other exchanges of ideas and experiences related to the monitoring and management of visitors in recreation and protected areas. The emphasis is on policies, problems, practices and innovative solutions, and will therefore be of equal relevance to managers and researchers. The conference welcomes researchers, public sector and industry managers, consultants, planners and members of NGO’s dealing with visitor management in recreational and protected areas. The MMV conference covers a broad range of topics, including:

Developments in visitor monitoring – Social patterns in outdoor recreation participation – Children and nature: experiences, learning and health – Outdoor recreation in urban proximate nature – Spatial planning, resolving conflicts and safeguarding access – Integrating outdoor recreation and nature conservation – Education, outdoor learning and communicating nature – Nature experiences and environmental awareness – Environmental values and attitudes in outdoor recreation – Commercialization of nature – The economics of outdoor recreation – Managing tourism impacts on destination communities – Methodological and theoretical developments in outdoor recreation research

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