AIEST Conference 2021

The 70th AIEST conference will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland, during August 28-September 1, hosted by Prof. Dr. Jürg Stettler, Institute of Tourism (ITW), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland.

Stream of Discussion 1: Designing tourism systems for a sustainable future
Stream of Discussion 2: Shaping tourism futures – acknowledging learnings from the past
Stream of Discussion 3: AIEST’s Advances in Tourism Research: Perspectives of Actors, Institutions and Systems.

Participants from different scientific disciplines and tourism related industries are invited to contribute to the following three major streams of discussions:

• Actors behaviour, focusing on behavioural issues of consumers, management, politicians, etc;
• Institutional settings, focusing on topics such as entrepreneurship and innovation, cooperation and strategic alliances, ITC and productivity led-growth, structural change in leading tourism relevant industries, etc;
• Systemic perspective, focusing on topics such as the analysis of the market forces, marketing management of destinations, tourism promotion and policies, management of tourism related resources, sustainable development in tourism, regulation and governance of places, etc.
• Other, consisting of contributions that cannot be classified as above.