AIEST Member Benefits

If you are either a researcher or practitioner with a special interest in tourism, we kindly invite you to become a member of this unique worldwide network. AIEST membership provides:

•  acccess to AIESTs social network platform for continuous exchange between members
• electronic subscription of Tourism Review with four issues a year
• an annual conference at reduced fees (Associate members can delegate three people)
• one day young researchers' workshop prior to the conference
• a channel for contact with other international organisations and external project partners
• free access to UNWTO eLibrary for Junior Members

The Association has the following categories of members:

Regular Members
You may be admitted as a regular member if you produce satisfactory evidence that, within the field of tourism, you :

• are engaged in teaching or research at a scientific level
• write and publish scientific articles
• endeavour, in practice, to apply scientific methods or to translate the findings of scientific research
• are specifically involved in the promotion of tourism research or tourism education. 

Junior Members

You may be admitted as a junior member if you are a scientific expert at an early stage of your academic or professional career in the field of tourism according to the requirements for regular members. Junior membership expires after a maximum of five years and entitles the holders to become regular members without any formal application.

Senior Members

AIEST members can apply for Senior Membership the year after their retirement begins and under the following conditions:

• they have been a regular member for at least 10 years ordinary member
• they are at least 60 years old
• they receive no substantial income from active work.

Associate Members
An organization may be admitted as an associate member with consultative voice, if it is an organisation or institution which is interested in or committed to the objectives of AIEST. Each associate member, or entity, is entitled to send participants to the Association's annual conference, provided that their representation does not exceed a maximum of three delegates.

Honorary Members
A person may be designated as an honorary member, whether or not he or she is a regular member, if they have rendered special services to research or to education within the field of tourism.