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73rd AIEST Conference in Bolzano (Italy) August 25 - 28, 2024

Have a look at the call for contribution

  • Stream of discussion: Designing tourism systems for a sustainable future.
  • Stream of discussion: Cultural differences as enabler for transformation and innovation.
  • Stream of discussion: AIEST's Advances in Tourism Research: Perspectives of Actors, Institutions and Systems.

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Congratulations to the winners of the awards of the AIEST conference 2023 in Madrid, Spain

The BEST CONTRIBUTION AWARD goes to Juan Gabriel Brida, Leonardo Moreno and Miriam Scaglione for their paper 
"Tourism expenditures analysis using vines copulas: the case of Fribourg".
1st and 2nd runner ups are (respectively):

  • Petr Štumpf and Petr Janeček for their paper "System dynamic ace for destination managers: Online software DestinACE for decision-making support"
  • Alice Wanner and Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider for their paper "Walking on sunshine: Application of choice experiments to understand impacts by climate change on tourism attractions in Lower Austria".

The PETER KELLER AWARD for the best contribution uniting theory and practice goes to Petr Štumpf and Petr Janeček for their paper "System dynamic ace for destination managers: Online software DestinACE for decision-making support".
1st and 2nd runner ups are (respectively):

  • Alice Wanner and Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider for their paper "Walking on sunshine: Application of choice experiments to understand impacts by climate change on tourism attractions in Lower Austria".
  • Kelsy Hejjas and Kelly Maguire for their paper 
    "Sustainable tourism and disaster recovery: A case study of Scotland and the Republic of Ireland".

The AIEST PHD AWARD for the best PhD candidate contribution goes to Adrian Müller and Alexander Stauch for their paper "Switching tracks: Guiding employees towards low-carbon business travel choices".
1st and 2nd runner ups are (respectively):

  • Nele Langebraun, Alessandra Pozzan, Michael Gibbert and Slivia de Ascanii for their paper "Using context for theorizing in qualitative tourism research: an empirical review and research agenda".
  • Florian Gasser for his paper "Follow me to your dream destination. Behavioral analysis of effects of persuasion disclosure and number of followers on followers' purchase intention and decision within tourism".

Have a look at the abstract book here.

AIEST reports: The future of tourism with and potentially after SARS-CoV-2

AIEST has been studying the situation in tourism during and after the pandemic with various reports since April 2020.

Have a look at the latest AIEST consensus on tourism and travel in the SARS-CoV-2 era and beyond.

Have a  look at the reports and click here.

New Book: The Economics of Tourism Destinations. Theory and Practice, 3th ed. Routledge.

Norbert Vanhove's book provides a succinct guide to the economic aspects of tourism for students and practitioners alike to decipher the methods of measurement of supply, demand, trends and impacts. Each chapter combines theory and practice and is integrated with international case studies. Combining macro and micro aspects of economics to the tourism destination, this is an invaluable resource for students learning about this subject and it is also aimed at tourism researchers and policy makers.

Have a look at the flyer.

New Book: Changing Paradigms in Sustainable Mountain Tourism Research

Environmental, social and economic sustainability is an important topic of today’s decision makers in tourism. This book, edited by Harald Pechlaner, Peter Keller, Sabine Pichler and Klaus Weiermair, provides profound insights into current concepts and challenges of sustainable tourism development – with particular regard to mountain destinations worldwide.

Have a look at the new book.

Publication

New Challenges for Tourism Promotion
«Tackling High Competition and Multimedia Changes», Euro 29.95