2016-12-02
CfP: International Conference on Cultural Sustainable Tourism (CST)
The conference on Cultural Sustainable Tourism (CST) will take place 4-6 September 2017 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Many countries and their economies, and industries depend on tourism, an economic power that is able to direct the flow of the world. Cultural Tourism is the subset of tourism that is concerned with the countrys lifestyle in certain geographical areas, such as their, art, architecture, rituals, festivals, and more values that help convey the culture of the country itself. More awareness of the places values, languages, lifestyle, and customs is conveyed to the visitor. Balancing between society, environment, and tourism can only be achieved through spreading creativity and cultural diversity, through maintaining awareness for the importance of cultural tourism and its everlasting positive effects. Cultural Sustainable Tourism discusses the complex relations between Culture and tourism, and how planners, architects and main actors help conveying and spreading the right perspective of the importance and role of Cultural tourism and how to maintain it. Abstract submission deadline is January 20, 2017.
Heritage and Culture are two important assets that should be maintained, conserved, and enhanced. Improving the life quality, living conditions, and reducing poverty will help in further preserving the cultural and natural heritage. Making such assets within reach of humanity, conveying civilizations through a powerful tool as tourism, is considered sustainability of cultural tourism development. Reaching and maintaining such objectives would require high standards in design & implementation of tourism policies, conservation and preservation policies, involving the participation of communities, in preserving, enhancing and improving the cultural heritage for the following decades. In tourism lays the possibility of associating cultures together, assisting in creating cohesion amongst the worlds inhabitants. Considering that culture and heritage are two important factors in attracting tourists, they maintain their stature as a resource for development, and for improving the economy.
Conference Topics
- Integrated Relational Tourism (IRT) as a tool of development
- New policies and strategies for tourism in the Mediterranean Basin and beyond
- Tourism strategies
- Environmental issues
- Community issues
- Climate change
- Safety and security
- Art, architecture and culture
- Heritage tourism
- Wildlife and adventure tourism
- Health and wellbeing tourism
- Medical tourism
- Marine and coastal areas tourism
- Sport tourism
- City tourism
- Tourism impact
- Tourism and protected area
- Ecotourism
- Rural tourism
- Tourism and technology
- Industrial tourism
- Transport and tourism
- Education and tourism
- Theme parks and leisure
- Destination management
- Planning and development
- e-Tourism
- Simulation models
- Social and physical infrastructure
Participation Procedures
Once an abstract has been submitted to the conference website, it will be sent to the reviewers committee to go through the revision process. The criteria for accepting abstracts for the conference are: a relevant topic to the conference issues should be presented in clear writing, with aims and clear objectives of the study, literature and methodology of the work.
Authors will receive a notification message to know the feedback of the reviewers committee. If an author receives the acceptance of his or her abstract, he or she has to continue writing the full-length paper using the requested templates. The final paper will be proceeded to revision to check if it meets the conference proceeding standards. Once it gets accepted, the author of the paper will be informed to pay the fees so that it can be sent to the final revision by the scientific committee. There will be a rigorous review process of full papers following the previous process according to the following criteria:
- Is the topic relevant to the conference?
- Is the writing and structure clear?
- Are graphics, photos, illustrations used where needed?
- Are the aims of the study clearly stated?
- Are the objectives of the study achieved?
- Is the literature review relevant and adequate?
- Has the author used an appropriate methodology and has it been clearly explained?
- Has the author interpreted the findings correctly?
- Is the paper a significant contribution to the field?
Abstract submission deadline is January 20, 2017
Latest notification on abstract acceptance before February 1, 2017. Full paper submission deadline is April 1, 2017. Latest Notification for full-paper acceptance before July 1, 2017.
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