About the conference
The aim of the conference is
to provide tourism scholars, practitioners, and other stakeholders with an
opportunity to explore and debate contemporary and future issues relating to the
planning and management of event and cultural tourism. This conference offers a unique
networking opportunity for scholars, industry experts, practitioners, government
officials and policy makers to exchange ideas and information.
Conference Themes
A key
feature of the conference will be the inclusion of a number of “keynote” addresses on issues
concerning the planning and management of event and cultural tourism. In
addition, the following sub-themes will be offered in parallel
sessions:
Cultural
Tourism
Ö
Economic,
socio-cultural and environmental impacts
Ö
Tourist
experiences
Ö
Tourist motivations
and behaviors
Ö
Development of
cultural tourism
Ö
Hosts and
guests
Ö
Community
participation
Ö
Living
heritage
Ö
Destination image and
branding
Event Tourism
Ö
Economic,
socio-cultural and environmental impacts
Ö
Tourist
experiences
Ö
Tourist motivations
and behaviors
Ö
Development of event
tourism
Ö
Event management and
sponsorship
Ö
Destination image and
branding
Ö
Planning and marketing
hallmark events
Language, Proceedings &
Publication Opportunities
The conference’s official languages are English and
Turkish. English-Turkish translation will be simultaneously at the conference.
Therefore conference presentations will be both in English and Turkish, but all
submissions will be in English.
Accepted
papers will be included in the conference proceedings book. This will be
published professionally in printed and/or electronic form, and will be given to
participants during the conference.
Each registered delegate will receive one free copy.
Authors of selected
conference papers will have the opportunity to have their work published in a
special issue of the Journal of
Hospitality Marketing & Management.
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Abstract & Full
Paper Submissions
Abstracts should be no
more than 500
words
in
length,
excluding references.
All
abstracts will be subject to a double blind peer review process. Presented
papers will be evaluated by the conference scientific committee and those
considered to be making an outstanding contribution to the field of culture and
event tourism will be honored by the “best paper award” at our gala
dinner.
Important
Datelines
Deadline for abstract
submissions : 30/03/2008
Announcement of
accepted abstracts : 27/04/2008
Submissions of full
papers :
27/07/2008
Announcement of
accepted full papers : 12/09/2008
If you need any further
assistance please contact;
PS: Please visit our web-site more
information at: www.akdeniz.edu.tr/alanya/conference08
On
behalf of conference organizing committee.
Muhammet
Kesgin, Instructor
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Akdeniz
University
Alanya Faculty of Business
Department
of Tourism Administration
Merkez
M. Sigorta C. Kestel/Alanya/Turkey
www.akdeniz.edu.tr/alanya
Tel:
+902425182365-139
Fax:
+902425182051
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