CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2nd INTOCUS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE will take place on 27th & 28th February 2026, in Harokopio University, Athens, Greece
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission: EXTENSION for abstract submission: 30th November 2025
Notification of Acceptance: 15th December 2025
Final paper: 31st March 2026
Early Registration: 300 euros for registrations received by 20 December
Full Registration: 350 euros
Early Student Registration: 120
Full Student Registration: 150
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Mike Robinson, Melanie Smith & Michalis Karavatzis
WORKSHOP: Giampaolo Viglia
Themes
While the conference focuses on the interlinkages between tourism, culture/heritage and sustainability, papers may address (but are not limited to) the following themes - topics:
Culture, Heritage and Sustainability
Contemporary and recent heritage and sustainable tourism development
Intangible heritage and tourism
Off-the-beaten-track tourism and heritage development
Heritage tourism and climate change adaption
Cultural resilience through sustainable tourism
Gastronomy and food heritage in tourism
Heritage trails and sustainable tourism
Participatory models of sustainable cultural heritage management
Destinations and Heritage Management
Cultural tourism and social cohesion
Visitor Management at Heritage sites
Gamification in cultural heritage
Overtourism and heritage site protection
Tourism Development and Planning
Sustainable planning and marketing for tourism and culture/heritage
New approaches to destination management
The role of the landscape in new tourism shifts and trends
Limits of acceptable change and nature-based solutions
Special-interest tourism products
Local and regional community-based, bottom-up approaches in tourism planning
Co-creation, co-development and innovation in bottom-up, participatory, creative community-based initiatives in tourism
Awareness raising, sensitization and mobilization of local/communities for tourism, heritage and local development
Education on sustainable programs in tourism and heritage
Sustainability literacy in tourism education and professional development
Inclusivity and Accessibility in heritage tourism
Contemporary Issues
Policy-making and governance in the sectors of tourism and culture/heritage
New paradigms of governance for sustainable tourism and culture/heritage
New ethics in sustainable tourism and culture/heritage
Decolonizing heritage tourism narratives
Governance and stakeholder participation in sustainable tourism
Smart tourism
The role of storytelling and digital media in heritage/environmental interpretation
Circular economy practices in tourism and heritage management
Cultural heritage and artificial Intelligence
Augmented and virtual reality technologies in cultural tourism
Reimagining cultural events for a digital and sustainable era
Crisis management in the tourism, culture and heritage sector
New urban tourism
The changing roles of tourism stakeholders: problems and perspectives
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Abstract text should not exceed a total of 1000 words and the keywords must be 6 or fewer.
Please Submit your Abstract at intocus@hua.gr.
Please follow the template provided on our website https://www.tourismheritage.hua.gr/intocus-2/
The Organizing institutions
The conference is co-organized by 4 universities
Harokopio University (GR)
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (FR)
University of the Aegean (GR)
Hellenic Open University
