​Call for Presenters

The 1th Conference for Cultural Tourism in Europe will be held in Athens, Greece, on 20-23 October 2021,
with overall theme:
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Regenerating European Tourism through Culture, Heritage and Creativity


​​The 14th ECTN conference with main theme 'Regenerating European Tourism through Culture, Heritage and Creativity' will discuss the latest trends in the field of culture, heritage and responsible and sustainable tourism, including innovation, digitalisation, creativity and cultural tourism product development.
 
The conference aims to explore major challenges, risks and opportunities for sustainable and responsible tourism development related to culture and heritage assets, as well as suggest practical steps for the development and promotion of cultural tourism products. The theme encompasses all forms of culture, including contemporary cultural expressions and all forms of cultural heritage, as well as natural heritage.
 
Presenters are invited to showcase relevant experience, share their best practices, give detailed examples and provide practical recommendations to preserving, restoring, deploying and promoting culture and heritage values, with innovations for sustainable and responsible tourism development.
  
The conference is organised in close cooperation with ECTN members.

The submitted Abstracts should address at least one of the following topics linked to cultural and heritage tourism:

  1. Archaeological Sites and Museums as Cultural Tourism Attractions
  2. Walking Tourism and Slow Travel – Synergies with Cultural Tourism, supported by Via Francigena Cultural Route of the Council of Europe
  3. Digitalisation in Sustainable Cultural Tourism, towards Smart Destinations
  4. Transnational Thematic Tourism Products, including European Cultural Routes
  5. Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) contribution to Cultural and Creative Tourism development, in the framework of the ‘International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development 2021’ and Interreg Europe Cult-CreaTE project, supported by ‘Creative Tourism Network’
  6. Railway Heritage Assets for Cultural Tourism, in the framework of the ‘European Year of Rail 2021’.
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 ​Submission deadline: 30 April 2021 (online).
 
Other Information:
  • There will be no delegate fees for selected presenters attending the Conference (one person per selected presentation)
  • Participants, including selected presenters will have to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. ECTN cannot cover travel expenses.
  • Abstracts and presentations accepted by the Programme Committee of the Conference  may be published online with author's approval.
  • A post-conference study tour in Krk/Rijeka area is being planned and selected presenters will be invited.
  • The Awards ceremony of the ECTN prize for ‘Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism 2021’ will take place during the Conference. The 2021 ECTN Awards are in partnership with Europa Nostra, the European Travel Commission and NECSTouR, supported by Via Francigena Cultural Route of the Council of Europe and the Creative Tourism Network.
 
Contacts

e-mail:  conference@culturaltourism-net.eu
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Programme Committee
 
  • Manos Vougioukas, ECTN Secretary-General (Chair)
  • Raitis Sijats, Vidzeme Tourism Association, Latvia (ECTN President)
  • Nasos Hadjigeorgiou, Pafos Regional Board of Tourism, Cyprus (ECTN Vice-President)
  • Lars Nordström - Region Västra Götaland, Sweden (ECTN Board member)
  • Simina Manea, Sibiu County Tourism Association, Executive Director, Romania (ECTN Board member)
  • Paulo Costa-Pinto, Intermunicipal Community of Ave Region, Portugal (ECTN Board member)
  • Trinidad Manrique De Lara Vilchez, Diputacion de Granada, Spain (ECTN Board member)
  • Carla Gomes, Intermunicipal Community of Alto Minho, Portugal
  • Igor Hrast, City of Krk, Croatia
  • Jordi Tresserras, LABPATC, University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Victor Timotin, General Director of NIRDT, Romania
  • Ivana Golob, University of Rijeka, Centre for Industrial Heritage, Croatia
  • Kazimierz Waluch, Warsaw Institute of Tourism, Poland
  • Bosse Lagerqvist, University of Gothenberg, Sweden
  • ​Goreti Silva, Institute Polytechnic of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
  • Agita Livina, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Latvia
  • Prof Sandra Janković, University of Rijeka, Croatia​
ABSTRACT DETAILS

  • The Conference language will be in English
  • Official language for Abstracts: English
  • Abstracts are to be submitted online (maximum 500 words) 
  • All abstracts will be judged by the Conference Programme Committee
  • Selected Abstracts (title or presentation, author, organisation) will be included in the Conference Programme
  • Presentations (maximum 20 slides) including video (maximum 2 – 3 minutes) are encouraged


IMPORTANT DATES
 
Closing date for submission of Abstract:     30 April 2021
Submission approval:                                       30 June 2021
Presentation submission:                                30 September 2021
The Conference:                                                20-23 October 2021

ECTN cannot cover travel expenses for selected presenters, but delegate fees will be waived for one person per presentation.
​ECTN members have 2 free places.

ECTN is not responsible for arranging visas for delegates or journalists to attend the Conference.