<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">ICOT2014 - International Conference on Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Tradition Meets Modernity: Time for a Rethink of Policies, Planning and Development Initiatives</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Dalian, China, 25-28 June 2014</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://webmail.iyte.edu.tr/Redirect/www.iatour.net/icot2014/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,187);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.iatour.net/icot2014/</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Following the success of the previous three International Conferences on Tourism (ICOT) and the support by the international scholarly community, the organizing committee has decided to continue the initiative with the organization of the 4th conference that will be held in Dalian, China.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Conference Aims and Scope</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The growth in domestic, inbound and outbound tourism is one of the most recent and significant manifestations of globalization. This growth is often understood in broad contours, with tourismʼs position as a global engine of growth well solidified. However, little is understood as to how changing international inbound and outbound tourist flows affect policies, planning and development initiatives in cities, regions and countries around the globe. MacCannell (1999) noted that the "rapid implosion of the Third World into the First constitutes a reversal and transformation of the structure of tourism, and in many ways it is more interesting than the first phase of the globalization of culture" (p. xxii). This change in tourists flows affects everyone working in tourism, from academics to practitioners, since international tourism is no longer a one-way street with Westerners visiting each other and the rest of the world. The conference asks questions such as:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">- Are the specific needs and behaviors of tourists from developing countries met when traveling domestically, regionally and internationally?</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">- Rethinking paradigms and the old ways of thinking about tourism which are based on "western" values and western ideas about work, leisure, time and space, group and individual travel.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">- While the economic impact of these flows makes an important contributions to destination countries, how do new flows affect these destinations socially and culturally? How do such flows affect receiving society perceptions? What affects the tourists travel propensity and behavior?</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Bearing all these in mind, this conference aims to add to this debate by stimulating discussion and exchange of ideas between tourism professionals, academics, researchers, policy-makers, consultants, practitioners, government officials and postgraduate students from all tourism-related fields.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Conference Themes</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The conference will focus on a broad range of topics related to tourism, including (but not limited to):</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Theoretical Perspectives on Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Tourism Development, Policy and Planning</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Public Administration of Tourism Development</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Local Government Role and Responses to Sustainable Tourism Development</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Community Responses to Tourists and Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Economic/Social/Environmental/Cultural Impacts of Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. European Union Policies for Sustainable Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Tourism Education and its Role in Managing Sustainable Tourism Development</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Alternative and Special Forms of Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Case Studies and Applied Research on Various Types and Forms of Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Industryʼs Role in Managing Growth</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Destination Marketing</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Information Technology in Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Tourism Research and Methodology</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Globalisation Effects</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Resiliency Planning</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Challenges and Best Practices of Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Management</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Negotiation in Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Tourism Mobilities</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Transportation and Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Authenticity and Commodification</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. The Future of Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Climate Change and Natural Disasters</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. The Effects of Crime, Terrorism, Safety and Security</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Managing Human Resources in Hospitality and Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Abstract Submission Guidelines</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Abstracts are invited for concurrent sessions and poster presentations. The abstract will be the sole criterion for reviewers to decide the acceptance (or not) of the paper or poster for presentation. Thus the abstract should clearly communicate the objective(s) of the work, the results and their significance, and the advancement over previous work. Time and effort spent constructing a clear, concise, and well-written abstract will maximize the chances of the paper being accepted. Original and significant work is a prerequisite for paper acceptance.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Submitted abstracts should be between 250 and 350 words. Abstracts may only be submitted on-line at </span><a href="https://webmail.iyte.edu.tr/Redirect/iatour.net/icot/icot-2014-abstract-submission/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,187);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://iatour.net/icot/icot-2014-abstract-submission/</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">, no later than May 23rd 2014.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Publication Plan</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in special issues/volumes or sections of the following journals:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Current Issues in Tourism</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. European Journal of Tourism Research</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. International Journal of Tourism Policy</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Tourism Today</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Important Dates</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Abstract submission deadline (250-350 words): 23rd May 2014</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Notification of acceptance / refereesʼ amendments: 28th May 2014</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Early Registration Deadline: 30th May 2014</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Late Registration Deadline: 10th June 2014</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Full paper submission deadline: 15th July 2014</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Conference: 25-28th June 2014</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Contact Details</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">For registration or any further enquiries, please contact the conference secretariat at: <a href="mailto:icot@iatour.net">icot@iatour.net</a> or visit the conference webpage: </span><a href="https://webmail.iyte.edu.tr/Redirect/www.iatour.net/icot2014" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,187);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.iatour.net/icot2014</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Looking forward to meeting you in Dalian, China.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Konstantinos Andriotis</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------------------------------------------------</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Cyprus University of Technology</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">P.O. Box. 50329, 3603 Limassol, Cyprus.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Tel. +357 25002237</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Fax. +357 25002803</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Personal Webpage: </span><a href="https://webmail.iyte.edu.tr/Redirect/www.angelfire.com/ks/andriotis" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,187);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.angelfire.com/ks/andriotis</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------------------------------------------------</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Editor: Int. J. of Tourism Policy (IJTP)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Book Series Editor: Tourism Development and Management - Issues and Approaches</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------------------------------------------------</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Editorial Board Member: Annals of Tourism Research, Caribbean J. of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Int. J. of Cultural Management, International Journal of Heritage and Sustainable Development (IJHSD), Int. J. of Leisure and Tourism Marketing (IJLTM), Int. J. of Tourism Anthropology, Int. Scientific Journal Geographica Pannonica, Int. Scientific Journal - TURIZAM, Island Dynamics: Occasional Papers, Management Sciences and Practices Journal, Revista de Turism Journal (Journal of Tourism), The Open Area Studies Journal, The Open Sociology Journal, The Open Management Journal</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------------------------------------------------</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Links to Tourism References: </span><a href="https://webmail.iyte.edu.tr/Redirect/www.angelfire.com/ks/andriotis/Bibliography.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,187);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.angelfire.com/ks/andriotis/Bibliography.html</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--------------------------------------------------</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Links to Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure Journals: </span><a href="https://webmail.iyte.edu.tr/Redirect/www.angelfire.com/ks/andriotis/Journals.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,0,187);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.angelfire.com/ks/andriotis/Journals.html</a><br>
</div>