Conferences

Call for Papers

The 11^th International Conference on ‘Sustainable Tourism, Culture & Sports’ aims to provide a forum for academics, emerging researchers, policy-makers, industry practitioners, marketing professionals, and destination managers to discuss the latest issues and suggest solutions and strategies in the planning, development, marketing and management of sustainable tourism.   Due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak the conference will now take place online.

Abstracts

We welcome abstracts of no more than 250 words with 5-6 keywords. References should use the Harvard system and are excluded from your word count. Please note, we can only accept submissions in word format. If needed, an abstract template can be downloaded HERE

The deadline for abstracts is the 20th April 2022.  There is no requirement to submit a full paper as this is optional.

We are no longer accepting abstracts but you can still register to participate as a guest participant. 

1. Climate Change Challenges
2. Community Involvement in Rural Tourism
3. Cultural and Heritage Tourism Encounters
4. Events and Festivals
5. Impacts of Covid-19 on Employment and Hospitality
6. Impacts of Tourism Transport
7. Innovation and Technology
8. Marketing Challenges
9. Motivation & Demand
10. Mountain Tourism
11. Rebuilding Tourism for the Future
12. Religious & Spiritual Tourism
13. Sustainable Destination Development & Planning
14. Sustainability Issues for SMEs
15. Sports & Wellbeing
16. Trends Driving Sustainability
17. Volunteer Tourism Experiences
18. Other Sustainable Tourism Related Themes

Publications

All full papers will be considered for publication in the Journal On-Tourism & Sustainability (JOTS)  and a special issue of the Scopus Indexed Journal of Tourism & Development

Submit a Full Paper

Optional full papers should be 5000 words in length including references.  Working papers should be 2500 words in length including bibliography.   A full paper is not a requirement for participation at the conference.

Papers should be written in clear English and any technical jargon should be explained; complex issues should be defined; and full papers should have a literature review. References should be complete and in the Harvard referencing style.  Authors guidelines can be downloaded -HERE

Keynotes

Prof. Carlos Costa University of Aveiro, Portugal Full Profile	Dr Vanessa GB Gowreesunkar Anant National University, India Full Profile
Associate Prof. Yana Wengel Hainan University, China Full Profile	Prof. Dimitrios Buhalis Bournemouth University, UK Full Profile
Prof. Claudio Milano Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain Full Profile

Guest Speakers

Mr Theerapat Trungprakan President, Thai Elephant Alliance Association, Thailand	Dr Janita Gurung Programme Coordinator Kailash Transboundary Landscapes -ICIMOD, Nepal Full Profile
Mr Binaya Pasakhala Governance and Institutions Analyst, Livelihoods -ICIMOD, Nepal Full Profile

Organising Committee

Professor Eugenia Wickens Chair, OTS Academy Editor-in-Chief JOTS Oxford, UK	Mr Deepak Raj Joshi Task Force Board – Project Hope Travel Former CEO of Nepal Tourism Board, Nepal
Professor Ali Bakir University of Business and Technology (UBT) Saudia Arabia	Dr. Vasiliki Avgeli Director of Studies / Academic Principal MBS College of Crete, Greece

Scientific Committee

Dr. Wendy Sealy University of Chichester (UK)	Prof. Ramesh Raj Kunwar Tribhuvan University, (Nepal)	Prof. Huong T Bui Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  (Japan)
Associate Prof. Ann Suwaree Ashton Graduate School of Tourism Management, NIDA (Thailand)	Prof. Alfonso Marino University of Campania (Italy)	Associate Prof. Gürel ÇeTin Istanbul University (Turkey)
Prof. Sonia Khan Himachal Pradesh University (India)	Dr. Basant Joshi Asian Institute of Technology & Management (Nepal)	Prof. Marios Sotiriadis Ningbo University (China)
Dr. Thu Thi Trinh Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, ISSCR	Dr. Bùi Lê Anh Phương Duy Tan University (Vietnam)	Dr. Mary Constantoglou Hellenic Open University (Greece)
Prof. David Chan The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Assoc. Prof. Heike A. Schänzel Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand).	Prof. Stephen Pratt The University of the South Pacific (Fiji)

The conference is now an online only event.