Urban Heritage and Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities |
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The AAHM2009 takes place back-to-back with the3rd International
Conference on Destination Branding and Marketing,
also to be
hosted by IFT.
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The Conference The gardens in Suzhou, the temples of Kyoto, the
mystical streets of Varanasi or the cobbled walkways of Macao are
examples of historic urban areas that have long captivated and charmed
travellers. Although the benefits, impacts, implications and
consequences of tourism on cultural heritage have been much discussed,
there are both persistent and emerging gaps in our knowledge of
particular issues involved in achieving meaningful and sustainable
approaches to heritage tourism in historic urban areas.
Hosted in Macao, a World Heritage city currently experiencing intense urban development, this conference will explore these challenges as well as opportunities for tourism in historic urban areas. The conference will examine the relationship between the conservation and management of urban heritage and the development of cultural tourism. To better understand this relationship, we welcome contributions that:
We encourage submission of papers that analyze best
practice examples and case studies associated with one of the conference
themes from historic urban areas
- including, but not limited
to, UNESCO World Heritage Cities in Asia and beyond.
Conference Proceedings All accepted papers are eligible for publication in the conference proceedings. However, only papers whose author (or, in case of co-authored papers, at least one of the authors) registers by 31 September 2009 will be included in the final publication. (See Submission page for more on submission requirements).
Journal Publication The Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research (APJTR), published by Routledge, will publish a Special Issue with selected conference papers. If you are interested in having your paper considered for inclusion in the Special Issue, please indicate your interest within an e-mail and submit the full paper to aahm2009@ift.edu.moby no later than 31 July 2009. (SeeRegistrationpage for the registration details). Scholarship (updated) Scholarships in the form of registration fee waiver is now available for postgraduate students. Details on this are available here.
Published on 12 February 2009 Last updated on 2 July 2009 |