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14th Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research

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Akureyri Iceland, September 22-25, 2005

 

CONFERENCE THEMES

 

The symposiums’ main themes will be presented in the following workshops:

Parallel sessions

1) Culture and society

Ø           Resources for culture based tourism

Ø    Staging tourism: the question of authenticity

Ø             Museums and society

Ø             Community expectations and experiences of festivals

Ø             Socio-cultural impacts of tourism

 

2) Nature  

Ø             Sustainable tourism and ecotourism

Ø             Resources for nature based tourism

Ø             Protected areas

Ø             Land use conflicts

Ø             Gude education and nature interpretation

Ø             Managing environmental responsibility in tourism

 

3) Economy

Ø             Hospitality management

Ø            Revenue management for SMEs

Ø             The operating environment of tourism businesses

Ø             Economics of eco-labelling

Ø             How to present facts and figures (tourism statistics)?

Ø             Economic benefits of tourism for rural areas

 

4) Policy and marketing

Ø             Strategic planning on multinational, national and regional level

Ø             Clusters

Ø             Corporate environmental policy in tourism

Ø         Raising customer awareness: development of products for

         sustainable consumptions  - green marketing

Ø             Destination image and marketing

Ø             Marketing small and medium sizes enterprises

 

VII Nordic Scottish Conference

Preliminary information on the conference themes of the Nordic Scottish conference are provided on the conference web site.

 
 

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