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Dear
TravelTalkMEDIA Readers,
Thank you for
your incredible interest in this timely and
relevant topic. We are doing another call
for Abstracts and encourage you to share
with us your projects, ideas and research
that can be shared with our attendees.
Registration is
also open. We have a post trip designed that will allow
attendees to visit
Petra, Jerusalem and
Bethlehem.
Our dedication
to diplomacy, tourism and peace initiatives
have brought us to our next exciting goal.
Bringing a conference to life where global
leaders will assemble, share and move
forward with new strategies and disciplines
that can be adopted by all sectors.
Thank you again
to the sponsors who have come forward to
support this meeting and we thank the future
sponsors who will be coming forward to
support this important conference.
You are
invited to submit abstracts no longer than
500 words to
profmoufakkir@tourismprogressandpeace.com
ABSTRACT definition and expectations
We have extended the deadline for submission
to December 15, 2010.
All abstracts
will be subject to double-blind review by
members of the scientific committee. Receipt
of abstracts will be acknowledged and
decisions on acceptance will be provided
by
December 25, 2010.
If you have
questions about the conference including registration
and partnership opportunities, please call
650
315 2406 or email
conference@tourismprogressandpeace.com
I am happy to take your calls and answer any
questions you might have.
Warm regards,
Sandy Dhuyvetter
+1 650 315 2406
Organizer,
Tourism Progress and Peace, The Conference
Executive
Director and Host TravelTalkMEDIA, TravelTalkRADIO and
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Tourism Progress and Peace, The
Conference
March 22 - 24, 2011
The book, Tourism Progress and
Peace is the inspiration
behind the
conference. Published in May of 2010,
Tourism Progress and Peace
is becoming one of most recognized
tools at Universities around the
world for studying the relationship
between tourism and peace.
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CALL FOR
ABSTRACTS
In an
exploratory study by Var and Ap (1998) about
the relationship between tourism and peace,
the peace variable was associated with a
high degree of uncertainty, with one third
of respondents providing a neutral response
to the statement “I believe that tourism
promotes world peace”. The authors proposed
that this uncertainty might have arisen from
a definitional problem with the term
‘peace’. They explained that many
respondents may have associated peace with
an ‘absence of war’ and that the concept
that would be most appropriate in the
context of tourism and peace is that of
‘harmony and harmonious relations’.
Therefore, a constructive discussion of
peace and tourism demands no less than a
definition that is less parsimonious than
the ‘absence of war’.
Throughout
history humankind has looked into venues
(other than war) to enhance sustainable
peace and harmony in the world. Why not
tourism? How? These are the two simple and
yet important questions on which we would
like to focus during this conference.
Is
tourism apolitical? To what extent should
tourism academics be engaged in conflict
resolution, and to what extent should
tourism academic networks be engaging in
this regard are also pressing questions. We
have the privilege to have with us
outstanding scholars as academic keynote
speakers: John Tribe, Michael Hall, Abraham Pizam, Uysal Musaffer, and Vincent
Plantenkamp, who
will discuss some of the
most pertinent issues related to the ATLAS
"tourism and politics" debate.
The
conference will also feature a round table
where related views/ideas will be discussed
extensively by tourism practitioners and
policymakers. Just as there are conflicts
there are ‘peaces’. The multifaceted nature
of conflict and peace demands a broader
topical perspective as indicated in the list
below:
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Tourism as a political force
Tourism and terrorism
Tourism and human rights
Tourism as a social force
Solidarity tourism
Political tourism
Tourism boycotts
Reflexivity in tourism research
Ethical tourism
Ethics in tourism
Responsible tourism
Sustainable tourism
Tourism and poverty
elimination
Industry initiatives
Peace museums
Attitude change
Business Travel
Story
telling
Reconciliation tourism
Diaspora tourism
Tourism and the media
Tourism and community development
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Tourism encounters
Pro-poor tourism
Tourism and immigration
Tourism and globalization
Tourism trends
Success stories and case studies
Conflict and tourism
International initiatives
(eg, codes
of ethics)
International cooperation
Festivals and events
Peace parks
Tourism and borders
Volunteer tourism
Cross-cultural behavior
Cross-cultural understanding
Tourism and humanitarian relief
Tourism and crisis management
Tourism encounters
Impacts of tourism
Tourism and the future
Tourism constraints |
Thank you for
our sponsors. Please join us as a sponsor.
Contact us at 650 315 2406. Thank you.
For more information visit
the conference website
www.tourismprogressandpeace.com .
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