Themes
Conference Abstracts for presentations will be invited on the following themes:
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Tourism as a Development Tool (Sustainable development)
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Policy and Governance (Community Based Tourism, Public-private partnerships and collaborations, Equality, gender and diversity issues)
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Tourism and Resilience
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Social and Environmental Dimensions Tourism (e.g. International issues and cross-cultural research, Heritage Tourism Development, Responsible tourism, Eco-tourism, Volunteer tourism, Pro-poor tourism, sustainable livelihoods)
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Tourism and the Sharing Economy
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Protected Area Tourism (e.g. Marine protected areas, Wildlife dependent tourism)
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Tourism Systems (e.g. Global-local nexus)
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Climate Change and Sustainability
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Tourism and Natural Disasters (e.g. Disaster planning and recovery, Dark Tourism)
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Tourist Routes (e.g. Connectivity, Byways, Route development)
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Rural Tourism Development (e.g. Agrotourism, Farm to Table tourism)
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Mobility (e.g. Second home ownership, Immigration and Migration, Safety and Security, Seasonality)
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Destinations (e.g. Community/host impacts, Western Asia Tourism Development)
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Transformational tourism experiences, theory and praxis
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Technology and Tourism
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Gastro/culinary tourism (e.g. Wine tourism, Craft Beverage tourism)
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Health, Wellbeing & Wellness Tourism
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Outdoor Recreation and Adventure Tourism
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Island Tourism
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Mountain Tourism
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Coastal Tourism
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Events and Festivals, wellbeing and quality of life
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Voluntourism
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Hopeful tourism
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Interpretation and Education
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New perspectives for natural tourism