Global Tourism Futures: Destination Heritage or Destination Future?

While many historic destinations in Europe continue to grow in popularity, they are forced to cope with overcrowding and all its associated negative social and environmental impacts. Consequently, these destinations mainly seem to focus on managing the influx of visitors, establishing visitor guidance systems, and trying to address the challenges of overtourism.
In contrast, the emerging destinations in Asia and the Gulf region are developing entirely new attractions and construction projects from scratch with the ambition of incorporating critical issues related to the planet’s future from the outset. Tourism development in these regions often appears to be more closely connected to a broader vision of the future, challenging questions related to political and economic governance, and fostering a new perspective on the role of leisure and tourism in societies with a high interest in sustainability.

•    How can a holistic approach to sustainability be embedded into global tourism development and what can the different world regions learn from one another?
•    To what extent does global tourism address issues of social, ecological, and economic sustainability, or questions of inequality?
•    How can a balance between destination heritage and destination future be achieved?
•    What will global tourism look like?

Interactive panels and discussions will provide participants with the opportunity to delve into specific topics and actively share their ideas and strategies.

With: Roland Psenner, Harald Pechlaner, Wolfgang Georg Arlt, Roland Benedikter, Christin Pfeiffer, Markku Wilenius, Michael Shamiyeh, Kaye Chon, Dirk Glaesser, David Feldman, Rodolfo Baggio, Christian Ubbiali, Alessandro Dassi, Rebecca Armstrong, Kurt Luger, Mara Nemela, Greti Ladurner, Gerhard Vanzi, Elena Borin, Taylor Zhang, Ali Said Akaak, Anu Kumari Lama, Michael Volgger and Anna Scuttari.

Programme: https://bit.ly/global-tourism-futures
Participation is free of charge and open to everyone.
For organizational reasons, we kindly ask you to register: https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/GlobalTourismFutures
Please note: Attendance at the evening event is restricted to registered participants only.

Due to strong international demand, we will offer an online live stream of the workshop: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/630a8fa5-2f89-4392-9358-5185c69143df@92513267-03e3-401a-80d4-c58ed6674e3b

In cooperation with:
China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI)
HERO Dolomites