(7 Mar. Keynote① Abstract Updated) [Event] CTR International Conference “International Tourism Research Salon”

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The Center for Tourism Research (CTR) at Wakayama University will be holding an International Conference titled “International Tourism Research Salon” between March 8 and 9, 2022.

COVID-19 has had a considerable impact on global tourism and the nature of tourism research. At this conference, the theme will be “Transforming Tourism Research: Reshape, Rethink, Renew, Regenerate, Restart”. CTR researchers and CTR Visiting Fellows will present their research and interact with tourism researchers from around the world in attendance. There will also be four prominent Japan-based senior scholars presenting keynotes including Prof. Etsuko Higashi (Wakayama University), Prof. Carolin Funck (Hiroshima University), Prof. Philip Seaton (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) and Associate Prof. Susanne Klien (Hokkaido University).

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CTR International Conference “International Tourism Research Salon”

Dates & Time

(Day 1) Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 1:00~9:00 PM (JST, GMT+9)
(Day 2) Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 1:00~9:00 PM (JST, GMT+9)

Venue

Zoom(online)

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Program

                ※Left: Program Overview, Right: Session schedule（Click to enlarge）

Book of Abstracts（Download／PDF file）

Keynotes　

Keynote 1
Title	Historical landscapes of tourism in Wakayama
Date	Tuesday, March 8
Speaker	Prof. HIGASHI, Estuko (Depty-Director, Center for Tourism Research / Professor, Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University, Japan)   Mrs. MATSUYAMA, Noriko （The Koyasan Cross-cultural Communication Network, Japan）

Keynote 2
Title	The "Golden Age" of Contents Tourism: Already Over or Still to Come?
Date	Tuesday, March 8
Speaker	Prof. SEATON, Philip (Professor, Vice-Dean, Institute of Japan Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan)

Keynote 3
Title	Deconstructing the Rural-Urban Divide in Post-growth Japan: Emerging Paradigm Shifts
Date	Wednesday, March 9
Speaker	Associate Prof. KLIEN, Susanne (Associate Professor, Modern Japanese Studies Program, Hokkaido University, Japan)

Keynote 4
Title	Island tourism in Japan: can the diversity of islands create diversity in tourism?
Date	Wednesday, March 9
Speaker	Prof. FUNCK, Carolin (Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan)

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Supporters

UNWTO Regional Support Office for Asia and the Pacific

Kansai Tourism Bureau

Wakayama Prefecture

Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific

IGU Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change

Contact

Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University

Sakaedani 930, Wakayama-city 640-8510, JAPAN

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