2010 conference

  introduction

  registration information

  conference program

  cauthe PhD workshop

  call for papers

 conference location and venue 

  sponsorship opportunities

 special interest groups

  social program

  optional tours

  about CAUTHE

Introduction

The 2010 Conference will be hosted by the School of Management in the Faculty of Business at the University of Tasmania. We look forward to welcoming you to our island State when the conference takes place in Tasmania for the first time in February 2010.

Hobart is a city of sails, sandstone and sunshine – a place that combines a rich colonial past with contemporary art and culture; a place that has all the attractions of a State capital, wrapped up in a friendly, accessible, people-sized city. The City of Hobart is a blend of charm and elegance; of heritage and sophistication; of spirit and style.

Hobart, the capital city, with its scenic setting in the foothills of Mt Wellington and along the shores of the River Derwent, is the perfect destination for a conference based around two of Tasmania’s key industry sectors, tourism and hospitality.

The theme of the conference is Challenge the Limits of Tourism and Hospitality and papers are invited in:

• Challenging the right to travel
• Consumer demand for tourism and hospitality services
• Ethical and sustainable tourism
• Heritage tourism
• Place and destination management
• Tourism and hospitality education
• Sport tourism and sport events
• Conceptual and theoretical perspectives in Australian tourism studies ********+

The final stream provides an opportunity for delegates to reflect on the theoretical and conceptual ideas that inform their research and teaching) on tourism. Papers may address:

• New perspectives in tourism, such as ‘the critical turn’ in tourism studies, tourism and performance, realism and postcolonial perspectives on heritage.
• Sensual and embodied tourisms.
• Conceptual development in the field of nature or eco-tourism.
• Tourism and consumerism.
• The relationship between tourism and the creative and culture industries.
• Tourism and mobility.
• Tourism and the aging society.

The aim is to provide a forum for expression and discussion of new ideas in tourism.  It offers an opportunity to obtain feedback on advanced writing as well as a platform for the discussion of embryonic ideas. The stream will be convened by Professor Adrian Franklin, Professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania and Editor of Tourist Studies.  Professor Franklin aims to edit a special issue of Tourist Studies: Issues in Australian Tourism Studies (roughly speaking, papers by Australian authors or papers on Australian tourism).