[Event] CTR Research Forum 2026

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We are pleased to announce that the Center for Tourism Research (CTR) will hold the CTR Research Forum 2026 online.

CTR researchers will present their research projects supported by the CTR research fund. The Graduate School of Tourism students at Wakayama University will also present their latest work.

Please join us to support their further research work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CTR Research Forum 2026

Date

Friday, November 20, 2026

Time

10:00 AM ～ 12:00 PM (JST, GMT+9)

Venue

Zoom (online)

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Program

10:00 AM		Opening
Presentations from CTR Joint Research Support Program
	10:05 AM	ELBARBARY Mohamed	Street art role in place-making and suburban tourism: Evidence from Osaka, Japan
	10:20 AM	YOSHIDA Michiyo	Tourism education and transitions to higher education: A case study of commercial high schools in Okinawa, Japan
	10:35 AM	YAMAKITA Ryutaro	Event representation: Measuring the degree of “our community’s event”
	10:50 AM	KATSUKI Yoshiyuki, SERZHANULY Daniyel	A study on the formation and implementation of destination brand concepts
11:05 AM		Recap
11:15 AM		Break
Presentations by postgraduate students at Wakayama University
	11:25 AM	NYAU Si Ting	Revitalising Regional Cities through Cultural Heritage Tourism: Local Communities and DMOs Interpreting Heritage to Shape Sense of Place
	11:40 AM	KOJIMA Hiroki	A Consideration of “Humanness” in the Tourist Guide Profession in the Age of AI (tentative)
12:00 PM		Closing

Registration

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Contact

Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University

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