ARCHIVE OF PAST MEETINGS of the IGU Tourism Study Group
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  1. 2006 - IGU Regional Congress - 3-7 July  - Brisbane, Australia
  2. Contested landscapes in tourism: culture, conservation and consumption - Mombasa, Kenya - February 16-18 - Joint meeting of ATLAS-Africa and the IGU Tourism Commission - full information is not yet available, contact the IGU Chair, Jarkko Saarinen <jarkko.saarinen@oulu.fi> for additional information
  3. IGU Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change Pre-Congress Meeting - 30 June - 1 July, 2006, Brisbane, Australia
  4. The Transformation of Tourist Spaces - Lodz University, Poland, in 20-22 September 2006 - University of Lodz and ATLAS along with The Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change IGU Commision have come together to organise this conference, which is intended to discuss the impacts of systemic and political transformation on tourism.
  5. 'Of Asian Origin': Rethinking Tourism in Contemporary Asia, 7-9 September 2006, Singapore. Sponsored by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Further enquiries should be directed to Dr Tim Winter <ariwtc@nus.edu.sg> or Dr Nir Avieli <arian@nus.edu.sg>.
  6. Asia Research Institute 5th Graduate Workshop -- Questions of Methodology: Researching Tourism in Asia, 5-6 September 2006, Singapore - Call for Papers Announcement (.pdf) - Abstract Submission Form (MSWord)

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  1. Border Tourism & Community Development - Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China -- 6-9 July 2005
  2. 2005 - The Spatial Impact of Human Mobility: The Mediterranean Region - 2-4 December, Pescara, Italy
  3. The 2nd Tourism Outlook Conference: Tourism Edge and Beyond, 5-7 December 2005, Selangor, Malaysia

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  1. Recent Trends in Tourism: The Baltic and the World, 20-24 June 2004, Greifswald, Germany - Department of Geography, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University at Greifswald, Email: wisogeo@uni-greifswald.de - Click Here for PDF Conference Invitation - Cosponsored by IGU Commisson of the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change and the German-speaking working group Freizeit- und Tourismusgeographie.

  2. 2004 - International Geographical Congress (Glasgow) & Pre-Congress Commission Meeting (Loch Lomond) - 13-15 August in Loch Lomond, Scotland, and 15-20 August iu Glasgow, Scotland
    30th IGU International Geographical Congress: 'One Earth With Many Worlds'. For additional information on tourism sessions of the congress, contact C. Michael Hall, e-mail: cmhall@business.otago.ac.nz
  3. 2004 - INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS - 15-20 August - Glasgow, Scotland
    30th IGU International Geographical Congress: 'One Earth With Many Worlds'. Pre-Congress Meeting of the Tourism, Leisure and Global Change Commission will be 13-15 August 2004 at Loch Lomond. For additional information on tourism sessions of the congress, contact C. Michael Hall, e-mail: cmhall@business.otago.ac.nz

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  1. Event Tourism and Destination Management Conference & Cruise - 27-30 November 2003 (revised dates)- Yangtze River, China - with the Commission on the Geography of Tourism of the China Geographical Society - Location: Yichang, China - Conference language: English - Organizers: Jigang Bao (Zhongshan University, China) and Alan A. Lew (Northern Arizona University, USA)
  2. International Symposium: Land Degradation And Desertification - Joint Meeting with the IGU Land Use Commission - May 5-10, 2003 - Universidad Nacional De Catamarca, Catamarca, Republica Argentina; Information Prof. Moshe Inbar, University Of Haifa, Israel Inbar@Geo.Haifa.Ac.Il; Prof. Julio Costello, Universidad Nacional De Catamarca, Argentina jacoste@huma.unca.edu.ar Or Jacoste@Brujula.Net
  3. Perspectives on Tourism in Nordic and other Peripheral Areas - 21 – 24 August 2003 in Umeå, Sweden - organized by the Department of Social and Economic Geography, Umeå University, Sweden and sponsored by the IGU Study Group on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change - http://www.umu.se/soc_econ_geography/aktuellt/index_eng.html - please indicate your interest for the conference and program updates to the organizer: Dieter K. Müller <dieter.muller@geography.umu.se>

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  1. I.G.U. REGIONAL CONGRESS - 4-7 August 2002 - Durban, South Africa (see below)
    Theme: "Geographical Renaissance at the Dawn of the Millennium"

  2. ECOTOURISM, WILDERNESS AND MOUNTAIN TOURISM: Issues, Strategies and Regional Development - 27-29 August 2002 - Dunedin, New Zealand - This conference will follow the IGU Regional Congress in South Africa (see below), enabling some participants at both conferences to take advantage of a round-the-world air ticket. For additional information, contact C. Michael Hall, e-mail: cmhall@business.otago.ac.nz

  3. MOUNTAIN RESORT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN AN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION - 25-28 September, 2002 - Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA - organizers: Rudi Hartmann, Alison Gill and Tom Clark.For further information please contact Rudi Hartmann <rudi.hartmann@cudenver.edu>.

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  1. HUMAN MOBILITY IN A BORDERLESS WORLD? - 19-20 April 2001 - Pescara, Italy
    Click Here to see Final Program and Paper Titles
    This will be a joint meeting of the Tourism, Leisure and Global Change Study Group, the Political Geography Commission, and the Human Mobility and Global Change Study Group. For additional information contact: Prof. Armando Montanari, e-mail: MD3046@mclink.it

  2. NEW DIRECTIONS IN MANAGING RURAL TOURISM AND LEISURE: Local Impacts, Global Trends - Auchincruive, Scotland, 5-8 September 2001. For additional information contact: Prof. Derek Hall, Scottish Agricultural College, e-mail: D.Hall@au.sac.ac.uk

  3. ITOURISM PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - Joint Meeting of the Commission on the Geography of Tourism of the China Geographical Society and the IGU Tourism Study Group - Guilin China - 11-14 November 2001

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I.G.U. Congress - August 2000 - IGU 2000 Korea / IGU 2000 Corée

(1) IGU Commission on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism - 10-13 August 2000 - CHEJU, KOREA
 RÉUNION DE CHEJU DU GROUPE D'CÉTUDE

CHEJU Program

Abstracts for CHEJU Tourism Meeting

(2) International Geographical Congress Meeting - 14-18 August 2000 - SEOUL, KOREA

SEOUL Preliminary Program - Tourism Sessions

Selected Abstracts for SEOUL Tourism Sessions

Full Congress Homepage: www.geog.snu.ac.kr/IGC2000

OTHER:

Click here for Korea travel information from the U.S. State Dept.

IGU & IUAES Cosponsored Sessions at

ECOTOURISM CONFERENCE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, JULY 2000

Click here to see ABSTRACTS received

Between the 15-23 July 2000, the Commission for the Anthropology of Tourism of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), along with the Sustainable Tourism Study Group of the International Geographical Union (IGU) is organizing and co-sponsoring a number of panels and individual presentations in the "Feria Ecoturìstica y de Producción" or Ecotourism and Production Fair, at the Hacienda Muriel, in Hato Nuevo, Manoguayabo, near Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

The Fair is organized by the Fundacion ciencia y arte, under the direction of Dr. Jose Serulle Ramia. This is the fourth annual Fair, each one held in a different location in the country so as to maximize the potential for involving local communities in the activities and economic benefits of the Fair, to ensure that local communities are involved in a process of environmental education, awareness of environmental degradation, and environmental management, and to sensitize Dominicans and international visitors of local ecotourism projects and potential. In the last few years environmental degradation has become a major preoccupation in the Dominican Republic, at the same time that the country has become more dependent upon mass tourism. There are now many NGOs working in areas of environmental protection and ecotourism, and scholars actively involved in research in these areas. The conference will be an excellent opportunity for people working in these areas elsewhere to compare knowledge and experiences.

Among the themes being treated in the conference section of the Ecotourism Fair are the following: sustainable tourism in the Caribbean and elsewhere; development of Ecotourism in the Dominican Republic and internationally; importance of rivers and wetlands in biodiversity and ecotourism activities; river and wet land clean-up; environmental protection; coastal-marine environments; "green hotel" policy and practice; tourist resorts and ecotourism; national parks; issues of private reserves; water sports; legislation of contamination of rivers, wetlands and coastal-marine environments; international experiences in river, wetland and coastal management; cultural heritage; territorial-spatial management; urban environments and tourism; urban and rural environmental clean-up; and evaluations of ecotourism projects. Other panels or individual contributions on other themes will be considered. Registration fees are nominal, and hotel and other information will be forthcoming.

Apart from the conference section of the Fair, which takes place between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm each day, there are numerous excursions, educational and leisure activities, stands and kiosks. Every evening, from 4:00 pm to 12:00 pm, there is a continuous series of artistic and cultural activities, with music, dance and folklore groups from around the Dominican Republic. Selected Refereed papers will be included in a book to be published by the time of the conference. For the Refereed stream, paper or panel Abstracts of up to 250 words can be sent directly to Dr. Jose Serulle Ramia at fund.ciencia@codetel.net.do , Dr. Gregory Teal at tealgreg@hotmail.com , or to Dr. Michael Hall at cmhall@business.otago.ac.nz or to. Abstracts for the Refereed stream must be received by March 1, and completed papers by May 1. Other Abstracts may be received until June 1.

Dr. Greg Teal, Chair, Commission for the Anthropology of Tourism (IUAES)

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