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These extended abstract proceedings were produced based on the programme of the
15th edition of the ITC’23 International Tourism Congress held at the School of Public
Management, Communication and Tourism of Polytechnic University of Bragança (IPB)
between the 23rd and 25th of November, 2023.
The conference was organised in cooperation with CITUR (Centre for Tourism Research,
Development and Innovation) and UNIAG (Applied Management Research Unit) and was
focussed on the “Image and Sustainability of Tourism Destinations”. ITC’23 was an
excellent forum for academics, master and doctoral students to present and discuss
national and international experiences on sustainability and development of tourism
destinations.
Debating sustainability and the image of tourism destinations was an opportunity to
discuss the main topics of today’s tourism trends. As we can see from the themes
analysed in the extended abstracts presented here, the congress brought together
researchers in the different fields of sustainability of travel and tourism that shared and
applied the best tourism practices. The conference was organised in 4 plenary sessions
with 4 keynote speakers and 18 parallel sessions with a total of 106 presentations from
several countries.
A research symposium was also organised to support early career researchers and PhD
students, through the process of doing research in the field of tourism. It was held on
the 23rd of November and participants had the opportunity to discuss with Professor
Levent Altinay, in the scope of the most recent topics, trends and methodologies on
tourism research. All accepted extended abstracts presented in ITC’23 were double-blind
reviewed and are now being published in this book of proceedings.
All the participants also had the chance to engage with various stakeholders, such as
academics, tourism businesses and the heads of regional and national tourism
organisations. The organisation of the congress was very well received by the region's
stakeholders, confirmed by the numerous sponsorships obtained, and it was also covered
and promoted by the local, regional and national media.
The organisation of this Congress would not have been possible without the involvement,
commitment and dedication of a vast number of people. We would like to express our
most sincere gratitude to the members of the organising committee, to the keynote
speakers, to the session chairs, to the members of the scientific committee and to the members of the conference review panel. The third-year tourism students also deserve
praise for their excellent work during the days of the congress. Thank you very much.
See you at the 16th edition of ITC'24 in Cape Verde!
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Keywords
Tourism destinations Sustainability
Citation
Martins, Catarina; Martins, Márcio; Pais, Clarisse; Silva, Elisabete Mendes (Eds.) (2024). International Tourism Congress 2023: book of extended abstracts. Bragança: Instituto Politécnico. ISBN 978-972-745-334-4