Submission guidelines
One-page abstracts are to be submitted electronically for review and selection.

Presentation formats

• Oral presentations within special topic sessions provide opportunities for focused attention on important, cutting-edge topics. Presenters will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation plus a discussion time of 10 minutes, moderated by a member of the program committee.

 

• Poster presentations provide opportunities for work-in-progress research on important, cutting-edge topics on the role of tourists in contributing to competitiveness, innovation and market development.

 
All abstracts will be subject to a double blind peer review process. All abstract submissions will be reviewed by at least two members of the scientific committee. Selected academic contributions addressing one or more of the sub-themes of the symposium will be presented during parallel sessions.  

All accepted abstracts presented at the symposium will be considered for publication in the special issues and for the best paper award, regardless of presentation format.  


Notification of a preliminary acceptance or rejection will be given by October, 10th 2013. If a proposal is preliminarily accepted, at least one presenting author must register for the conference before November 1st, 2013. Preliminarily accepted abstracts with no single author registered in time will be removed from the program and from the book of abstracts without notice and will not be considered for inclusion in the special issues and for the best paper award.