The 3rd World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), to be held in the city of Barcelona from 19th to 24th July, 2010. This event is organized by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Government of Catalonia.
This panel seeks to address, explore and exchange information on the state-of-the-art of cultural tourism in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries.
Key themes of interest addressed at the panel included:
- Cultural tourism national/regional policies - Cultural tourism networks - Cultural tourism public-private alliances - Cultural tourism market - Cultural tourism indicators - World Heritage sites and tourism - Museums and tourism - Tourism management of cultural routes - Cultural Community-based tourism - Cultural tourism best practices examples: destinations, heritage sites, cultural landscapes, cultural routes, intangible heritage, museums, festivals, cultural and creative industries,…
Subjects is to exchange new ideas, to strengthen and build a regional and global network for joint research and future projects.
The working languages of the panel will be English and French.
Authors are requested to submit an abstract of 300 words with the title, name, institution, address, email and keywords. Send to ibertur@gmail.com. Deadline is 30th October 2009 but early submissions will be gratefully received.
Papers presented will be considered for publication in a special issue of the Cultural Tourism Collection published by IBERTUR and Universitat de Barcelona. The publication of the papers will be in Arab, Spanish, English and French with abstracts in the working languages.
In order to register to WOCMES, please fill in the registration form in the web site http://wocmes.iemed.org
Information: Dr. Jordi Tresserras – Co-ordinator of the Cultural Tourism Program, Universitat de Barcelona – ibertur@gmail.com |