The AGE (Spanish Association of Geographers) XV Colloquium of Tourism Geography will be organized by the Geography Department of the University of the Balearic Islands. The meeting will be held in Palma (Mallorca) between 6-8 October 2016. The key speaker will be Rob Fletcher, from the Sociology of Development and Change Department (Wageningen University, The Netherlands). Discussion boards will introduce further topics. Two fieldtrips will be organized to link theory and practice visiting Valldemossa, Deià, Escorca, Pollença and Alcúdia.
The themes covered will be the relation of tourism with capitalism crisis, nature
conservation and sharing economy. The main language of the Colloquium will be Spanish, but the organizers encourage the submission of contributions in any other language of Spain, English or French. Abstracts should be submitted by 19 February 2016, and should be sent to coloquiogrupo10AGE@uib.eu, and should be no longer than 3,000 characters (including spaces).
The topics are:
1. Tourism and crisi
2. Ecotourism
3. Sharing tourism
Deadline for abstract submission: 19.2.2016
Weiterführende Informationen: Call for contribution_XV Colloquium of Tourism Geography