[H-verkko] CFP: Researching Coastal and Resort Destination Management: Cultures and Histories of Tourism

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Researching Coastal and Resort Destination Management: Cultures and
Histories of Tourism

Call for Papers
International Conference
Researching Coastal and Resort Destination Management: Cultures and
Histories of Tourism
 
Girona, Catalunya:      19th – 20th October 2009

Jointly organised by:
Departament d'Organització d'Empreses, Facultat de Turisme,
Universitat de Girona, Catalunya
 
Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change
Leeds Metropolitan University
http://www.tourism-culture.com/
 
Oficina de Turisme, Roses, Catalunya
www.roses.cat
 
European Union of Tourist Officers
http://www.euto.org/
 
 
Conference Rationale
 
2009 marks the hundredth anniversary of the formal designation of the
Costa Brava, a title and destination region that has become synonomous
with the emergence and growth of ‘mass’ tourism over the past century.
Tourism to this coastal region of Catalunya has boomed during this
period and has transformed the nature and fortunes of communities and
towns that have become established as tourist destinations serving
both international and domestic visitor markets. However, the region
today faces many challenges including maintaining tourist markets
against competing destinations alongside environmental concerns. The
recent rapid growth and decline of property markets and second home,
expatriate communities is a further key concern for professional
destination managers, policy makers and researchers alike.
 
This conference is therefore extremely timely in its aim of bringing
together researchers who share interests in coastal and resort
destination policy, planning and management in relation to culture(s)
and histories of tourism.
These research areas are also clearly relevant to professionals and
policy makers 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 Catalunya which coincides with the
conference. There will also be opportunities for delegates to
participate in parts of the EUTO programme.
 
Culture(s), histories and heritage, tangible and intangible are at
the heart of the visitor experience of coastal destinations. At the
level of policy making and planning, the importance of a resort’s
unique and distinctive cultural attributes is commonly articulated
and celebrated, at least rhetorically. The management of cultural and
heritage assets for tourism is also a critical issue for
destinations.
 
Inter-disciplinary research at the interface of the complex linkages
between these sectors and professional interests has much to
contribute to terms of critical, reflective debate on key issues
affecting the relationships between culture, history, heritage and
tourism at the coastal destination level.  
 
Research in destination policy, planning and management also explores
the competitive opportunities and pressures associated with the
emergence of new and diverse international tourist markets. Such
research makes a critical contribution in the development of creative
and sustainable strategies for the culture, heritage and tourism
sectors in destinations.
 
Conference Themes
 
The conference welcomes proposals for papers that address the
development of tourism in coastal regions and resorts and to
Catalunya and the Costa Brava in particular. Proposals might, for
example address:
 
Tourism and Catalan identity - tensions between the standard
international offer and the marketing of the 'local' and regional or
'nation without a state'
 
Representing the Costa Brava: changing images over time, and the
creation, marketing and modification of a 'brand'
 
Tourism and the Catalan language - problem or asset?
 
The labour force in Catalan tourism: Catalans and 'others'
Tourist markets to Catalunya and the (formal and informal)
organisation of private and public space: e.g. hotels, beaches,
squares
 
Issues surrounding second home ownership, property markets and ‘new’
resident communities in the Costa Brava
 
The conference organisers also welcome proposals for papers that
address theoretical and applied issues and themes relating to
destination management in coastal contexts from Europe and beyond.
Such themes include:
 
Creative uses of cultural, historical and heritage resources for
tourism in coastal settings
 
Cultural events and festivals as animators of coastal resorts
 
Transnational approaches to and conceptions of destination policy and
planning in coastal contexts
 
Community participation in coastal resort development
 
Building sustainable partnerships and stakeholder relationships
between tourism, culture and heritage in coastal destinations
 
Competitive (dis)advantage, new tourist markets and coastal
destinations
 
New and emerging technologies in coastal destination representation
and marketing
 
Coastal destination image and branding
 
If you wish 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 p.e.long at leedsmet.ac.uk
 
The deadline for the reception of abstracts is 31st of July 2009
 
Please find regularly updated information regarding this conference,
registration procedures and (at a later stage) a full programme at
our website
www.tourism-culture.com


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