AIEST - Worldwide network of tourism experts
Founded in 1951, the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST) is dedicated to improving the worlds travel and tourism industry through analysis of trends and latest developments in tourism and farsighted solutions for problems as they arise.
The AIEST attracts junior as well as senior members from both Academia and Practice.
Our members benefit from a social network platform for frequent friendly contacts among world wide experts and for international scientific and practical exchange.
74th AIEST Conference in Paris, France August 24 - 27, 2025
- Stream of discussion: Human and Machine Relations in Tourism
- Stream of discussion: Designing tourism systems for a sustainable future
- Stream of discussion: AIEST's Advances in Tourism Research: Perspectives of Actors, Institutions and Systems
Congratulations to the winners of the awards of the AIEST conference 2024 in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
The BEST CONTRIBUTION AWARD for the overall best contribution goes to Danyelle Greene, Anna Zinn, Yash Panday, Marius Portmann, Bettina Grün, and Sara Dolnicar for their contribution
"Anthropomorphism – A light-hearted way to trigger environmentally sustainable tourist behavior?".
1st and 2nd runner ups are (respectively):
- Pietro Beritelli, Florian Gasser, and Zeinab Seifpour for their contribution "Choice heuristics for visiting cultural sites: A comparative study with two polar cases."
- Meike Jungnickel and Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider for their contribution "The ski resort closes: what de-growth feels like? A case study from lower Austria."
The PETER KELLER AWARD for the best contribution uniting theory and practice goes to Danyelle Greene, Anna Zinn, Yash Panday, Marius Portmann, Bettina Grün, and Sara Dolnicar for their contribution "Anthropomorphism – A light-hearted way to trigger environmentally sustainable tourist behavior?".
1st and 2nd runner ups are (respectively):
- Pietro Beritelli, Florian Gasser, and Zeinab Seifpour for their contribution "Choice heuristics for visiting cultural sites: A comparative study with two polar cases."
- Jürg Stettler and Melanie Wyss for their contribution "Sustainability communication of a marketing hotel cooperation: The case of Private Selection Hotels & Tours (PSH&T)."
The AIEST PHD AWARD for the best academic contribution of a PhD candidate goes to Alessandra Pozzan, Nele Langebraun, and Michael Gibbert for their contribution "Polyphonic case studies: the emergence of a dialogical methodology in tourism research".
1st and 2nd runner ups are (respectively):
- Meike Jungnickel and Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider for their contribution "The ski resort closes: what de-growth feels like? A case study from lower Austria."
- Tereza Kubalova and Petr Stumpf for their contribution "Exploring visitor satisfaction in a cultural heritage tourism destination: the role of tangible and intangible satisfiers."
We thank our associate members for their continuous support.
