This international scientific conference aims to bring together a well-balanced international group of prominent economists, researchers and practitioners to debate recent theoretical advances in the emerging field of tourism economics. By focusing on the theme of theoretical advances on tourism economics and management, the conference will provide an opportunity for gathering, analysing, and debating state-of-the-art academic research on this recent field of economic science. As a main objective of this conference there is also the increasing need to enhance the on going process of bringing together the academic world and the companies in the marketplace in a joint effort to produce a common state of mind, all with a view to optimising the huge potential of the rapidly growing tourism sector to create economic wealth.
Having in mind that the specific characteristics of tourism goods often require a non-standardized treatment from economic science, frequently using singular instruments from other areas of knowledge, the conference intends to make a further contribution to systematize the theoretical foundations of the emerging subject of tourism economics and, simultaneously, it also intends to provide up to date information on the evolution of tourism destinations and products, namely on a case study basis. By doing so, the conference will provide for a better understanding of the rapidly growing tourism market worldwide, namely among both academic researchers and private investors that recognise qualified information as a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Overall, this conference will showcase the impact of academic research on tourism economics by addressing broad thematic ideas that are of high public interest, and that will capture the attention of a large audience including students, teachers, policy-makers, private investors and the broader community.
The Organising Committee welcomes theoretical as well as empirical contributions within the broad theme of theoretical advances in tourism economics and management. Any research work empirically or case-study oriented is also welcome if supported by a strong theoretical background.
Tourism Demand and Supply, The Economic Impact of Tourism, Environmental Issues in Tourism, Tourism Marketing and Management Issues, Economic Sustainability and Tourism, Tourism and International Trade, Innovation and Competitiveness in Tourism, Tourism Policies and Development, The Economic History of Tourism, The Politics of Tourism. Any research work specifically oriented to other areas of the economic analysis of tourism might be also accepted for presentation since considered of scientific relevance for the field in question through the blind refereeing process upheld.
Papers (with a maximum of 25 pages, double spaced) should be written in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian. However, all sessions will be held in English. Therefore, all papers written in a language other than English should include an enlarged summary of two pages in English.
The enlarged abstracts of all papers selected for presentation will be available on line at the Conference website. Moreover, all papers written in English will be published in book form as a main output of the Conference.
The conference will be held over one and a half days. A keynote session with invited guest speakers will open the conference on the morning of the first day (Friday, 18 th March). This opening session will be followed by parallel paper sessions after lunch and on the Saturday morning.
An enlarged abstract with a maximum of 2 pages, written in one of the five accepted languages, should be sent electronically in PDF format to the e-mail address ictate at uevora.pt no later than October 18 th, 2004 [CLOSED] . The same applies for participants at the Doctoral Research Symposium. After a blind refereeing process, authors will be notified upon the acceptance of papers during the first week of January 2005. The deadline for the final paper deliverance is 7 th February 2005.
[Late Paper Submissions (only full papers) included on this deadline and considered on a case-by-case basis].
Submission of enlarged abstract (maximum 2 pages): October 18 th , 2004
[EXTENDED UNTIL NOVEMBER 29TH] [CLOSED]
Notification of accepted papers: during the first week of January 2005
Deliver of final paper: February 7 th , 2005
[Late Paper Submissions included on this deadline and considered on a case-by-case basis]
Abstract and Papers should be sent in PDF format to:
E-Mail: ictate at uevora.pt
See the rules in the call for papers page.
See also registration deadlines.
All participants are required to register.
Conference Fee:
The conference fee for authors includes conference registration, conference proceedings (including the forthcoming conference book), coffee-breaks, lunches, official dinner, social programme and also special discounts at historical hotels and "Pousadas" in Évora. Attendants will benefit from a reduced conference fee (see bellow) including conference registration, conference proceedings, coffee-breaks, lunches and also the same discounts at historical hotels and "Pousadas" in Évora (official dinner and social programme are extras also available under pre-booking with the conference secretariat).
Registration form:
The payment may be made by cheque payable to Universidade de Évora or by bank transfer using the following codes:
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Conference Address:
Conference Theoretical Advances in Tourism Economics
REG-URB - Laboratório de Análise e Investigação Regional e Urbana
University of Évora, Economics Department
Largo dos Colegiais 2
Apartado 94
7002-554 Évora
Portugal
E-mail: ictate [at] uevora [dot] pt
Luiz Moutinho, PhD, Professor of Marketing/Director of Doctoral Programme , Department of Business and Management - University of Glasgow , Scotland
Charles van Marrewijk, PhD, Professor of Economics, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Peter Nijkamp, PhD, Full Professor of Regional and Urban Economics and Economic Geography, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Clement Tisdell, PhD, Professor of Economics, University of Queensland - School of Economics, Australia
Stephen Wanhill, PhD, University of Bournemouth, Professor of Tourism Research, United Kingdom
Thea Sinclair, PhD, Professor of Economics of Tourism, Nottingham University Business School, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Michael Hall, PhD, Professor of Tourism Economics and Department Head, University of Otago , New Zealand
Eugeni Aguiló Pérez, PhD, Professor of Applied Economics , Universitat de les Illes Balears , Spain
Peter Dieke, PhD, Tourism Consultant (United Kingdom & Nigeria), E-mail: pucdieke@yahoo.com
Melville Saayman, PhD, Associate Professor of Economics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Paolo Figini, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy
António Simões Lopes, PhD, Full Professor (retired), Economics Department - ISEG - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
João Ferreira do Amaral, PhD, Full Professor, Economics Department - ISEG - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Carlos Barros, PhD, Auxiliary Professor, Economics Department - ISEG, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Manuel Couret Branco, PhD, Associate Professor, Economics Department Head - University of Évora , Portugal
Paulo Alexandre Neto, PhD, Auxiliary Professor, Economics Department - University of Évora , Portugal
Francisco Martins Ramos, PhD, Full Professor, Department of Sociology - University of Évora , Portugal
Teresa de Noronha Vaz , PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Economics - University of Algarve, Portugal
Carlos Santos , PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Management, Azores University, Portugal
All abstracts submitted and accepted for public presentation at the main conference will be both available on-line at the conference website and indexed at the web-based international research network e-Review of Tourism Research .
A selection of papers written in English and accepted for public presentation at the main conference will be published in hardcover book form by WIT Press as the first issue of a RegUrb volume series on Advances in Tourism Economics. This first issue will refer to the conference proceedings and will be entitled as such - Theoretical Advances in Tourism Economics . Every participant fully registered for the main conference will be receiving the conference book as an integral part of the conference proceedings.
Moreover, after public presentation at the conference, authors of suitable papers will be invited to submit a full specially formatted article (between 3000 and 5000 words) for consideration for publication in a Special Issue in 2006 of the international scientific journal Tourism Economics .
Álvaro Matias (e-mail: amatias at regurb.com
Paulo Alexandre Neto (e-mail: neto at uevora.pt
Anatólio Nobre (e-mail: anatolionobre at regurb.com )
José Miguel Ribeiro (e-mail: jose.ribeiro at regurb.com )
Liliana Évora (e-mail:lfe at uevora.pt
Sandra Matias (e-mail: smatias at srpm.pt
Conference Address (e-mail: ictate at uevora.pt
Conference Theoretical Advances in Tourism Economics
Reg-Urb/Actae - Laboratório de Análise e Investigação Regional e Urbana
University of Évora, Economics Department
Largo dos Colegiais 2
Apartado 94
7002-554 Évora
Portugal
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