The Call for Presenters at our annual Cultural Tourism conference 2024 is open.
The ECTN Conference themes this year are:
1. Accessibility to Heritage, both physical and intellectual, as a component of Smart Tourism and Smart Destinations, at museums, cultural and heritage sites; Accessible Cultural Tourism (in partnership with ENAT - European Network for Accessible Tourism).
2. Intangible Heritage, including Festivals, performing arts, music, dance, theatre, opera, visual arts, handicrafts, traditional trades, for Sustainable Cultural Tourism.
3. Digitalisation advances and digital transition in Smart and Sustainable Cultural Tourism, Smart Tourism and Smart Destinations initiatives closely involving culture and heritage, enhancing the visitor experience, including AI, VR/AR, big data, gamification, Metaverse.
4. Transnational Thematic Tourism Products, on culture and heritage, including those related to European Cultural Routes, European Heritage Label networks and/or cross-border cultural tourism initiatives (involving at least two European countries, not necessarily neighbouring).
5. Coastal and Maritime Heritage for Sustainable Cultural Tourism, including underwater heritage, maritime museums, historic ships, shipwrecks, old ports, equipment, lighthouses, traditional boat and repair yards, as well as maritime cultural landscapes.
6. Transition Pathway for Tourism (TPT): co-implementation synergies related to Culture, Heritage, Innovation and Smart Tourism.
7. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): activities related to Sustainable Cultural Tourism.
Submission of abstracts (300 words) online at: https://auth.oxfordabstracts.com/?redirect=/stages/54505/submitter
Closing date: 15 June 2024.
The 2024 ECTN Conference will be held in Dublin, European Capital of Smart Tourism 2024, on 23-26 October.
There is also a related Call for entries for our ECTN Awards 'Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism 2024'
Deadline extended to 15 June.
Entry submission online: https://culturaltourism.awardstage.com
