Professor Dimitrios Buhalis will be cochairing the conference and Professor Adele Ladkin will be a keynote speaker and a PhD Workshop facilitator Tourism is becoming the world\u2019s leading industry, topping the most important economic sectors. A new ecosystem is emerging that brings together economic, environmental, social and cultural resources to create value for all stakeholders. Tourism is one of the most influential drivers of change globally propelling prosperity and wellbeing for growing numbers of countries. In spite of its potential there is still a wide gap between the industry and society. Tourism is a social and anthropological phenomenon that percolates civilization, and its infrastructure and equipment are built alongside all the other urban and rural developments. However, tourism knowledge and tourism as science are still overlooked by entrepreneurs and governments.<\/p>\n INVTUR is an internationally acclaimed conference that is now reaching its 4th<\/sup> edition. It is organized by the University of Aveiro (Portugal), since 2010, in cooperation with several foreign partner universities. Each of the previous editions were attended by more than seven hundred delegates, from five continents and more than 30 countries. INVTUR has become a ground of discussion and scientific interaction, held in a modern and lovely city and university, where people seek to improve knowledge. Besides its scientific contribution, INVTUR provides an unforgettable experience from a social point of view, granting opportunities to network and to relax.<\/p>\n The 2017 edition is devoted to fuel discussion and to induce new approaches aimed at exploring emerging paradigms of value cocreation in the marketplace that will fuel the foundation of the new tourism ecosystem. INVTUR 2017 will provide an interactive, dynamic and international platform for academics and practitioners to discuss how to enhance research applications and knowledge management through partnerships. Alongside the conference, a showcase of good practices coming from the tourism industry and organisations will take place. The\u00a0BIT <\/strong>\u2013<\/strong> Business Innovation Tank<\/strong> will be run in a large marquee, adjacent to the conference rooms, where more than 30 companies and organisations will present innovative experiences in the tourism industry. In parallel to the academic conference, debates among tourism businesses and organisations will take place, with the aim of bridging the gap between academics and practitioners. Participants will, also, have the opportunity to strengthen partnerships with various stakeholders, including academic researchers, industry professionals, and governmental entities, through dialogues on how to better use research outputs for the benefit of the industry.<\/p>\n The conference welcomes works in areas such as (see also the thematic sessions<\/a>):<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Tourism planning, policies and strategies;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Geography and territory;<\/p>\n \u00bb <\/strong>Destination management and modelling;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Economics of tourism;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Internationalisation of tourism;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Consumer behavior in tourism;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0New tourism products;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Tourism marketing;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Experience economy;<\/p>\n \u00bb\u00a0<\/strong>Shared economy; \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Authenticity;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Culture and heritage;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Tourist gaze;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Sociology of tourism;<\/p>\n \u00bb <\/strong>Food tourism;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Anthropology of tourism;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Demographics and Mobility;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Post-modern tourist;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Research and Education;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Sustainability and ecotourism; \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Tourism history;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Innovation in tourism;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0E-tourism, ICT, and smart tourism;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Accessible tourism;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Gender in tourism;<\/p>\n \u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Tourism networks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bournemouth University is pleased to collaborate with Aveiro University Portugal on the INVTUR conference\u00a0 International conference\u00a0Co-creating the future of tourism\u00a0University of Aveiro, Portugal\u00a0May 17th\u00a0\u2013 19th,\u00a02017 & 16th May PhD Workshop\u00a0 Professor Dimitrios Buhalis will be cochairing the conference and Professor Adele Ladkin will be a keynote speaker and a PhD Workshop facilitator Tourism is becoming… Read more » about Bournemouth University is pleased to collaborate with Aveiro University Portugal on the INVTUR conference<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4045,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions\/4045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"PhD](\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/tourism\/files\/2017\/01\/PhD-workshop2-e1484591010892.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u00bb\u00a0<\/strong>Creative economy;<\/p>\n
\n\u00bb<\/strong>\u00a0Hospitality;<\/p>\n