Welcome to TOURISM FUTURES
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Sustainable and Alternative Tourism Conference, Yangshuo (Guilin), China, 11.-13.07.2009 |
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Written by Joachim Willms [Managing Director]
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Sustainable
and Alternative Tourism
An International Conference
Yangshuo (Guilin), China - 11 to 13 July 2009 CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://www.geog.nau.edu/igust/China2009/
Major Conference Themes:
Tourism and Sustainability:
- Defining Sustainable Tourism
- Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts of Tourism
- Community Based Tourism, Geotourism, Civic Tourism and Other Sustainable Approaches to Tourism
Alternative Tourism:
- Alternative Tourism Goals
- Mass and Niche Tourism
- The Tourism Long Tail: Marketing Specialty Tourism
- Reality Tourism, Dark Tourism, and Other Tourism
- Backpacker and Youth Tourism
Conference Organizers:
Conference Sponsor:
Conference Location: Guilin Tourism College, Yangshuo, China
- Yangshuo has gained prominence in China's tourism through the Lonely Planet guidebooks to China. (See Lonely Planet's current description of Yangshou here).
It is an international town (not really a city), nestled in one of the
most dramatic landscapes in China (photos to the left) with many
village-based bed and breakfast establishiments (bottom photo).
- The Guilin Tourism College is located between Yangshuo and the larger city of Guilin.
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