ITSA organises a programme of events including major biennial conferences, regional conferences and online webinars.
Almaty, 2024
We are excited to invite you to the 2nd International Forum: “Sustainable Development of Tourism in Central Asia – Challenges, Opportunities, and Prospects,” taking place from November 21-23, 2024 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in celebration of the 90th anniversary of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
This prestigious event will bring together leading scholars, industry experts, and policymakers to discuss key issues and future directions in sustainable tourism across Central Asia.
Noida, 2025
We are pleased to invite you to the ITSA Regional Conference for Asia, themed “Bridging the Gaps in Tourism Knowledge and Practice: Sustainable Development, Regenerative Tourism, Digital Ecosystem, and Green Ecosystem,” to be held from February 7-9, 2025, at Amity University, Noida (Delhi), India.
DSOTT 2025
We are excited to announce the “Congress on Diversity and Sustainability: Opportunities and Threats in Tourism” (DSOTT’2025), taking place on June 5-6, 2025, at the prestigious University of Coimbra, Portugal. This congress will bring together scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss the intersection of diversity and sustainability in tourism.
2025 Himalayan Tourism and Management Conference!
We are delighted to announce the Himalayan Tourism and Management Conference, to be held from December 11-13, 2025, at the Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, India.
Announcing the 11th ITSA Biennial Conference in Quanzhou, China 2026!
We are excited to invite you to the 11th ITSA Biennial Conference, themed “Rejuvenating Cultural Heritage in an Artificial Intelligence Age”, tentatively scheduled for August 11-14, 2026, in the historic city of Quanzhou, China.
This conference will bring together global experts, academics, and practitioners to explore the intersection of cultural heritage preservation and AI technology.
Gran Canaria / Spain 2022
We are delighted to announce that the 9th International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA) Biennial Conference was hosted by the Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Economic Development (TiDES) of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) in Gran Canaria island (Spain), from 25th – 29th of July, 2022. This was the first time that an ITSA Biennial Conference will be held in Spain. Downloadable proceedings with short abstracts for all the papers are hereby attached. In addition, a link to the online proceedings, which includes some of the extended abstracts for the papers can be found in the link https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/itsa/
Jakarta / Singapore 2020
ITSA’s 8th Biennial Conference was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 2-5 December 2020, hosted by Universitas Pancasila and co-hosted by James Cook University Singapore. This was the first time that the conference had been held in a hybrid format due to the challenging situation of the Covid-19 pandemic. Though under those difficult circumstances, the conference still gained significant recognition as a unique opportunity to meet, hear and share from tourism scholars from across Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa, and America.
Riga/ Latvia 2024
We are delighted to announce that the 10th International Tourism Studies Association (ITSA) Biennial Conference was successfully held in the capital of Latvia Riga – the 3rd largest city in Northern Europe, from 17th-20th of September 2024 and was hosted by Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Latvia. The conference theme included three main aspects: safety and security, changes in traveler behavior and circularity in tourism. Title of the conference was “Bridging the gaps in tourism knowledge and practice: The future of Sustainable, Smart and Secure tourism and hospitality (Future 3Ss for Tourism)”.
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