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Call for Papers TTRA2009
TTRA European Chapter Conference
“Transport and Tourism: Challenges, Issues and Conflicts”
22 – 24 April 2009, Rotterdam/Breda, The Netherlands
OBJECTIVES OF THE CONFERENCE: Although tourism’s very existence depends on transport, most researchers in transportation and logistics show little interest in tourism and travel, and few tourism researchers focus on transport issues. Important new technological developments in transport – e.g. the invention of passenger trains and jet aircraft – have always provided significant opportunities for the tourist industry. At the same time, tourism also has a major impact on transport modes and networks through its ability to supply additional motivations for leisure and business travel.
There is , therefore, a strong interdependence between tourism
activities and transport systems, both of which have expanded at a
large scale. However, this continued growth over many decades may be
threatened in the near future by global factors such as climate change
and security issues. The impact of transport on the environmental
quality of destinations (e.g. noise and air pollution, damage to nature
and landscapes) may increasingly set limits on tourism growth.
Integrated
knowledge of transport and tourism is essential to develop
destinations, tourism enterprises and effective tourism policies, and
to cope with emerging local and global issues and conflicts. There are
four sub-themes:
1. Global transport developments: air
transport congestion, low cost carriers and regional airports, climate
change, effects of oil prices (peak-oil), revival of (high-speed)
rail, tourism flows, the cruise tourism boom, emerging
transport technologies.
2. Transport and logistics at
destinations: infrastructure, networks, accessibility, transport
mode choice and mode shifts, route information, safety and
security issues, logistics of goods and waste, transport-based
tourist attractions, airports, railway stations, (mega-) events.
3.
ICT in tourism and transport: e-ticketing, GPS applications,
internet booking, video-conferencing, imagineering, electronic
logistic support systems, ICT in transport network management
and capacity planning, security systems, virtual travel.
4.
Ethical issues and sustainable development: climate change,
local transport induced environmental problems, pro-poor/community
based tourism, cross-cultural and economic guest-host issues,
voluntary tourism in developing countries.
Of course also papers dealing with other tourism research subjects than the main theme are most welcome at this conference.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Mike
Bérénos (Hasselt University), Rob Davidson (University of Westminster),
Frédéric Dimanche (CERAM Business School), Isabelle Frochot (Université
de Savoie), Jos Gadet (InHolland University of Applied Sciences),
Sheila Flanagan (Dublin Institute of Technology), Carlos Lamsfus
(CICtourGUNE), Martin Landré (NHTV Breda University of Applied
Sciences, editor), Angelique Lombarts (InHolland University of Applied
Sciences), Berendien Lubbe
(University of Pretoria), Robert
Maitland (University of Westminster), Herman Mensink (NHTV Breda
University of Applied Sciences), Paul Peeters (NHTV Breda University of
Applied Sciences), Jan Willem Proper (NHTV University of Applied
Sciences), Jarmo Ritalahti (Haaga-Helia University of Applied
Sciences), Karel Werdler (InHolland University of Applied Sciences)
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Presentation abstracts (300-500 words) by both academics and practitioners are welcome in the following categories:
• research papers
• case studies
• applied (industry and sector) papers
• master and doctoral student papers
Abstracts
should be submitted by Friday October 31st . They will be double-blind
reviewed. The result of the review including acceptance or rejection
will be sent no later than December 15th.
Full papers should be submitted by Friday February 27th 2009.
Abstracts
should be submitted using the prescribed submission form. In case of a
multi-authored abstract, the form should only be submitted by the
corresponding author. Please send the completed form to the editor at
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Papers must be written in English and follow the authors instructions issued by the editor.
Accepted
papers and case studies will be published in the 2009 TTRA Europe
Conference Proceedings. A selection of reviewed papers will be
published in the European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure
Research. There is an opportunity for authors to re-submit papers for
this purpose.
More information
can be found on the conference website http://www.ttra-europeconference.com/index.html.
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