CITC 2019: 4th Caribbean International Tourism Conference University of the West Indies Cave Hill, Barbados, December 11-13, 2019 |
Conference website | https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/tourismconference2019/call-for-papers.aspx |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=citc2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | September 30, 2019 |
Submission deadline | September 30, 2019 |
Call for Papers
We invite researchers, practitioners, scholars, industry leaders, educators, and students to submit papers and posters for the 4th Caribbean International Tourism Conference under the theme “Navigating the Destination of the Future” to be held 11-13th December 2019 at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. The conference will provide a forum for critical discourse on the factors, challenges, trends, innovations, policies, opportunities, and practices that are likely to have the most influence on the destinations of the future. The conference welcomes both conceptual and empirical insights.
Destinations continually draw the attention of researchers, for it is in these spaces and places that the interactions between visitors and varying facets of a location are most potent. Given that destinations are not homogenous (each being consumed very differently by very different types of visitors), they will face a number of unique challenges both now and into the future. Where some destinations, particularly those in the Global South, are focusing on increasing numbers for instance, others such as Venice, Barcelona, and Mallorca are concerned with "over tourism." Other destination scholarship has focused on the use of technology in the creation and marketing of "smart cities", particularly as these destinations work to attract the popular millennial segment that is hyper-connected, hyper-engaged, and often in search of ‘authentic’ and immersive experiences (Fountain & Charters, 2010; Costa, Montenegro & Gomes, 2018).
The proliferation of the sharing economy (Hamari, Sjoklint & Ukkonen, 2015) and smart technology are also creating fluid frontiers necessitating ever-evolving destination experiences. Innovations like Uber, Eatwith, and the omnipresent Airbnb have revolutioned the transportation, food and beverage, and accommodation sectors, creating more authentic host-guest interactions, democratizing local travel and tourism industries, and increasing the potential for growth. Conversely, they have also presented regulatory and destination management challenges as control over location usage and branding is decentralised, leading some destinations to respond with controls such as bans and limitations.
In addition to these new realities, competitiveness in tourism is being magnified by a litany of factors including the emergence of new visitor profiles, new destinations, advances in transportation techonologies, and new and more concentrated challenges such as the worsening impacts of climate change. Efforts are therefore already underway in some respects to retool, remodel, and modernize destinations in hopes of ensuring their relevance into the future. The UNWTO (2018) predicts that global tourism arrivals will grow by 3.3%, reaching an estimated 1.8 billion travellers by 2030 (up from 1.3 billion arrivals in 2017). This growth in travel and tourism further compounds the scope of the refashioning slated for destinations, and highlights the importance of conducting further research to better prepare destinations to respond to these new realities.
Tourism industries in small island developing states, which are most vulnerable to climate change, are precariously positioned within the realities and narratives of these global trends. In 2017 destinations in the Caribbean region including Dominica, Barbuda, St. Maarteen, and Puerto Rico were ravaged by hurricanes, setting many local tourism industries back by decades and in turn impressing upon stakeholders the need to integrate approaches to climate resillience that facilitate faster recovery after natural disasters. These examples highlight the need for a reimagining of sustainability beyond traditional concerns of enhancing the strengths and mitigating the negative impacts of tourism, to include considerations about how to insulate and preserve the industry and connected livelihoods in such circumstances.
Regardless of the subject, peering into the future of tourism calls for conceptual, proactive, and practical research-based solutions that take into account the emerging “new normal” many destinations will face in the next decade. This conference hones in on these innovations, challenges, and opportunities, and their resulting implications for destination residents, visitors, partners, policy makers, and industry actors.
SUBMISSION THEMES:
Submissions of abstracts are invited which includes (though are not limited to) the following themes:
- Mobilities and destinations ( second home ownership, immigration, migration)
- The sharing economy
- Climate change and sustainability
- Crisis and Disaster Management
- Cultural authenticity
- Visior experiences management
- Virtual and augmented reality and destination marketing
- Safety and security
- Destination governance
- The legal environment
- Entrepreneurship
- Corporate social responsbility
- Glocalisation
- Gender, class, race, ethnicity and tourism
- Tourism and (dis)ability
- Technological advancements
- Tourism niches and policy implications ( medical tourism, spa and wellness, heritage, gay etc.)
- Changing communication modalities
- Consumer responses to new technology
- Ethical issues
- Innovations in Destination Management Organizations
- Destinations and regionalism
- Human resource management
Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length and should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. Abstracts should include your name, the name of your organisation and your contact details. Please submit your abstract via the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=citc2019
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
- Submission of abstract: 30th September 2019
- Notification of acceptance: 15th October 2019
- Conference: 11-13th December 2019
- Full Papers (for consideration for Journal Special Issues): 10th January 2020
Full papers from the conference will be considered for publication in special issues of the following two referreed journals:
Anatolia: an international journal of tourism and hospitality research - https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=rana20
Tourism Culture and Communication- https://www.cognizantcommunication.com/journal-titles/tourism-culture-a-communication
FURTHER DETAILS
Please follow the link to the conference website for further details -
https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/tourismconference2019/home.aspx
Contact the Conference Chair Dr Sherma Roberts – sherma.roberts@cavehill.uwi.edu
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CONFERENCE PARTNERS
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados - https://cavehill.uwi.edu/
University of Guyana - https://www.uog.edu.gy/
University of St Martin - https://usm.sx/
University of Sunderland - https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/
California State University Northridge - https://csun.edu/
University of North Carolina Wilmington - https://uncw.edu/