Conference Announcement

The Changing World of Coastal, Island and Tropical Tourism

Martinique, French West Indies

27 - 29 January 2011

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Conference Topics

• Environmental risks and natural distasters
• Social and economic risks and dependencies
• Ocean climate change
• Host-Guest relations
• Globalisation and island tourism
• Resort development
• Cruise tourism
• Authenticity and heritage management
• Colonialism, sovereignty and governance
• Indigenous populations and tourism
• Sustainable tourism in sensitive environments
• Coastal zone management
• Coastal and island ecosystem change
• Regional tourism and economic relationships
• Island a tropical images: marketing and realities
• New technology applications in coastal, island and tropical tourism
• Emerging coastal, island and tropical destinations
• Human resource management issues in tourism

Conference Events (tentative)

1. One-day field trip by boat to St. Lucia (30 minute ride south of Martinique)
2. Post-conference field trip to the more untouched Dominica (the next island north of Martinique)

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Conference Organizers

• Centre d'Etude et de Recherche en Economie, Gestion, Modélisation et Informatique Appliquée (CEREGMIA), Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
• Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change of the International Geographical Union
• Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation, Northern Arizona University
• Tourism Geographies Special Interest Research Group of the Association of Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS)

For additional information, contact: Alan [.] Lew {a} nau [.] edu

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* Additional Information, including abstract submissions will be available by Fall 2009.

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