Second Round of Registration Open

OTS Admin June 9, 2023

We could have made a video but the Nepal Tourism Board did such a good job. Why reinvent the wheel?

We invite academics, researchers, policymakers, industry practitioners, marketing professionals, and destination managers to share their insights on the current situation facing the tourism sector. The pivotal question to be addressed during the conference is how the industry can safeguard the health and other concerns of tourists while adapting to a ‘new’ normality.

Pokhara, Nepal — The OTS Academy, in collaboration with several international partners, has announced the 12th International Conference on ‘Sustainable Tourism & Development: Risks and Opportunities In Uncertain Times.’ The event, set to take place from October 9-11, 2023, will provide an essential platform for dialogue on sustainability in the tourism industry amidst the ongoing challenges of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the unique features of this year’s conference is a call for papers from participants. Individuals wishing to present a paper are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words with 5-6 keywords for review by the Scientific Committee. Notably, all papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of the ‘Journal On Tourism & Sustainability’ (JOTS), a peer-reviewed journal based in Oxford, UK, dedicated to advancing critical thinking on tourism as a catalyst for sustainable development.

The themes of the conference encompass a wide range of topics in the realm of sustainable tourism. These include climate change challenges, community involvement in rural tourism, cultural and heritage tourism encounters, impacts of Covid-19 on employment and hospitality, transport innovation and technology, sustainable destination development and planning, sustainability issues for SMEs, and more.

The deadline for registration and submission of abstracts (optional) is September 30, 2023. Interested individuals are encouraged to mark their calendars and contribute to this dialogue on sustainable tourism in these uncertain times.

Registration for the conference is now open. Participants are required to fill out a form, where they will provide personal details, choose their registration type, and optionally submit an abstract and pay the delegate fee to confirm participation.

For more details about the conference, including registration and abstract submission procedures, please visit the OTS Academy website: https://ontourism.academy/joinus/.

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Categories: CONF23

Tags: Conference, Nepal, Sustainability, tourism

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Authenticity and spectrality of space heritage: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Guillaume TiberghienRaushan MukhamedjanovaPhilip Feifan Xiea School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Rutherford/McCowan Building, Crichton University Campus, Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdomb Faculty of Digital Media, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Porto, Portugalc Tourism, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USAGuillaume Tiberghien is a Lecturer in Tourism at the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow. His main teaching and research activities focus on the relationships between Cultural Heritage Tourism, Sustainable Tourism Development and Tourism Marketing. Dr Tiberghien conducted and participated in several consulting projects in the fields of Tourism Marketing and Management in Central Asia, New Zealand and the UK.Raushan Mukhamedjanova is a PhD Candidate in Digital Media at the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Portugal. Her study focuses on the intersection of digital technologies and heritage tourism development. Raushan participated in several projects in the fields of Cultural Heritage Tourism in Kazakhstan and Higher Professional Education for Tourism in Tajikistan.Dr. Philip F. Xie is Professor of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA. He undertakes research, writes and consults in tourism planning. He has authored three books: The Morphology of Tourism (2019), Industrial Heritage Tourism (2015) and Authenticating Ethnic Tourism (2010). In addition, Professor Xie has co-edited a book entitled Colonialism, Tourism and Place (2020). He is one of the leading academic experts in the field of industrial heritage tourism, who received several major grants from State and Federal governments in the US.

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Tourism, feelings, and the consumption of heritage Peilin LiuLiguo YangXiaobo Sua Cooperative Innovation Center for Digitalization of Cultural Heritage in Ancient Villages and Towns, Hengyang Normal University, Hunan, Chinab Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USAPeilin Liu is a professor in the Cooperative Innovation Center for Digitalization of Cultural Heritage in Ancient Villages and Towns, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang, 421002, Hunan, China.Liguo Yang is a professor in the Cooperative Innovation Center for Digitalization of Cultural Heritage in Ancient Villages and Towns, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang 421002, Hunan, China.Xiaobo Su is a professor in the Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.

Volume 25, Issue 5, July – September 2023, Page 1483-1503
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An auto-ethnography of confronting the transatlantic slavery discourses of Liverpool Tingting Elle LiEric T. H. ChanSchool of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, ChinaTingting Elle Li ([email protected]) is a Research Assistant Professor in School of Graduate Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Her research embodies a particular intersection between tourism, place and well-being, focusing on the affective and embodied tourism experiences of underprivileged groups.Eric T. H. Chan ([email protected]) is an Assistant Professor in School of Graduate Studies and School of Interdisciplinary studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. His research center around sustainable transport development which has special focus on how the built environment and urban planning may shape people’s travelling experiences, habit and well-being.

Volume 25, Issue 5, July – September 2023, Page 1404-1427
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