CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Conference on Researching Destination Management, Policy and Planning: Linking Culture, Heritage and Tourism, 24-25 September 2007, Riga, Latvia

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The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers who share interests in destination policy, planning and management in relation to culture(s), heritage and tourism. These research areas are also clearly relevant to professionals in destination management and the conference will provide a unique opportunity for researchers to share leading edge ideas, innovations and critical thinking with the professional destination manager participants at the European Union of Tourist Officers (EUTO) Study Visit to Latvia which coincides with the conference. There will also be opportunities for delegates to participate in parts of the EUTO
programme.

Theoretical and applied issues and themes to be explored at this conference include:
- creative uses of cultural and heritage resources for tourism,
- cultural events and festivals as animators of place,
- transnational approaches to and conceptions of destination planning in urban and rural contexts,
- community participation in destination development,
- building sustainable partnerships and stakeholder relationships between tourism, culture and heritage in destinations,
- managing cultural heritage and sensitive sites for tourism,
- competitive advantage, new tourist markets and destinations,
- new and emerging technologies in destination representation and marketing,
- destination image and branding.



PRACTICAL INFO:
To learn more about the conference’ programme and registration procedures click here.

To submit a paper proposal, please send a 300-word abstract with full address and institutional affiliation details as an electronic file to Dr. Philip Long.
The deadline for the reception of abstracts is 13 July 2007.

Organisers: Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, the Leeds Metropolitan University.
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