TAD 2017: Tourism and Development 2017: Active & Sports Tourism: Feel the freedom of water Terme Čatež - Hotel Terme 4* - Congres Center Brežice, Slovenia, November 29-December 1, 2017 |
Conference website | http://tad-conference.com/ |
Abstract registration deadline | September 1, 2017 |
Submission deadline | November 20, 2017 |
4TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT 2017
Active & Sports Tourism: Feel the freedom of water
As tourist practices increasingly expand to provide an ever more diverse array of sensations, the idea of tourism primarily characterized as a visual experience has become challenged by many accounts that foreground enhanced sensations of touch, smell, sound and movement (Edensor 2016). Nowadays, people do not just want a vacation, they want an adventure. Focus of tourist products has moved from just providing relaxing free time for people on their vacations to providing exciting activities whole days with less importance on location and more on activities that can be carried out. Times when all-inclusive was just overeating and over drinking while on vacation are over and people today want a much different all-inclusive offer; an all-inclusive adventure or an in-depth experience. However, to meet different needs this all-inclusive adventure has to be adapted to standards and requirements of people of different lifestyles and living conditions. Responsible and sustainable tourism has to take into account the diversity of tourists in terms of age, mobility, sensory impairments, intellectual disability or health condition, and thus promote universal accessibility – a tourism which can be enjoyed equally by everybody, regardless of one’s abilities (UNWTO 2016).
With the rising demand for adventure tourism, more and more research has been undertaken in the field of active tourism. We seek to broaden this interesting and purposeful research with a special attention devoted to issues of accessibility and social inclusion.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Scientific papers
- Resarch notes
- Student papers
For more detailed information about the procedure please check: http://tad-conference.com/vsebina/Submission/
List of Topics
Panel/Topic 1: Active tourism
- Active tourism development, marketing and adventure branding
- Enhancing well-being, health and personal activity while on vacation
- Consuming adventure: tourist experience in active tourism
- Active tourism for seniors
Panel/Topic 2: Sports tourism
- Professional athletes as tourists
- Destination image and branding through sports competitions
- Sport event tourism
- New trends in the sports tourism industry
Panel/Topic 3: Accessible tourism
- Issues in accessibility of tourist venues
- Creating the active tourist destination for handicapped
- New technology set for (physically) impaired visitors
- Social inclusion and equal opportunities in tourism
Committees
Program Committee
- Chair: assoc. prof. Boštjan Brumen, PhD, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- Vice chair: prof. Dragica Tomka, PhD, Faculty of Sport and Tourism, Educons University Novi Sad
- Vice chair: Ksenija Keča, MSc, Libertas International University
- Member: assoc. prof. Vaso Jegdić, PhD, Faculty of Sport and Tourism, Educons University Novi Sad
- Member: assist. prof. Srđan Milošević, PhD, Faculty of Sport and Tourism, Educons University Novi Sad
- Member: prof. dr. sc. Duško Pavlović, Libertas International University
- Member: prof. dr. sc. Boris Vukonić, Libertas International University
- Member: assist. prof. Maja Turnšek Hančič, PhD, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- Member: assist. prof. Marjetka Rangus, PhD, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
Organizing committee
- Chair: asisst. prof. Mitja Gorenak, PhD, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- assist. prof. Iva Škrbić, PhD, Faculty of Sport and Tourism, Educons University Novi Sad
- Ivana Mišković, MSc, Faculty of Sport and Tourism, Educons University Novi Sad
- mr. sc. Davor Žmegač, Libertas International University
- doc. dr. sc. Stipe Buzar, Libertas International University
- assist. prof. Jasna Potočnik Topler, PhD, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- assist. prof. Tanja Lešnik Štuhec, PhD, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- assist. prof. Borut Vojinović, PhD, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- assist. prof. Marko Koščak, PhD, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- lecturer Boris Prevolšek, MSc, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- lecturer Katja Čanžar, MSc, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- assistant Andreja Trdina, PhD, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- assistant Maja Rosi, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- assistant Barbara Pavlakovič, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
- assistant Nejc Pozvek, Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor
Invited Speakers
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Panel/Topic 1: Active tourism, keynote speaker: Prof. Johan Edelheim, Ph.D. - University of Stavanger, Norwegian School of Hotel Management, Head of Department (1 July 2017 onwards)
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Panel/Topic 2: Sports tourism, keynote speaker: Assist. Prof. Nataša Slak Valek, Ph.D. - Zayed University, U.A.E. - TBC
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Panel/Topic 3: Accessible tourism, keynote speaker: Dolores Kores, MBA - Managing Director of PREMIKI
Publication
TAD 2017 proceedings will be published in a book of abstracts.
Quality papers will be referred to journal Academica Turistica – Tourism and innovation journal for publishing.
Exceptional papers will be invited to be published within a book published by Pearson Education – special fee will apply for publishing.
Venue
The conference will be held in Terme Čatež, Hotel Terme 4* Congres center
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to: info@tad-conference.com