Moving Forward, this year’s conference theme, invites tourism researchers to be forward thinkers; to rediscover Canada’s tourism industry through various lenses that acknowledge the past while providing guidance for our future. A future that inspires authentic cultural experiences for travellers, while providing interactive opportunities for practitioners. Moving Forward calls for impactful tourist experiences across various niche tourism markets, bringing destinations to life and providing tourists with unforgettable travel experiences. Canada’s future tourism seeks to break down barriers and empower stakeholders to work together to deliver innovative research methodologies. This year’s conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, will highlight the path ahead, focusing on new ways of thinking about tourism in order to capitalise on emerging technologies, methodologies, and societal changes.
Submission Information:Submissions for presentations, papers, workshops, panels and student presentations/prezis/videos are invited relating to the overarching theme of Moving Forward. Submissions may be on a range of tourism-related topics and the Conference Program Committee also encourages presentations on topics that are outside the general theme – our goal is to provide content that is relevant, timely and of interest to our members. Accepted submissions will be eligible for awards (more details to come).
Submission Deadline: June 14th, 2019
Submissions from 2019
Comparing Millennial Visitors to Wineries and Breweries in British Columbia: An Examination of Social Involvement, Social Return, and Self-Image Congruency, Jarrett R. Bachman, John S. Hull, and Sanja Haecker
Tourism Operators on Trial: Pushing the Animal Justice Agenda Forward in Tourism in Spite of Theory, David Fennell and Val Sheppard
Collaborative Tourism Development, Megan Fortune and Georgia Brennan
Social media social network clusters during a #festivalemergency, Courtney Gabrielle, Christine Van Winkle, and Kevin Huynhk
Business Improvement Areas and Tourism in Urban Neighbourhoods, Tom Griffin
Exploring the Impacts of Climate Change Interpretation on Leisure Experiences, Mu He
Understanding Millennial Interest in Participating in Wine Tourism - A Case Study on the Kamloops Wine Trail, British Columbia, Canada, John S. Hull, Jarrett R. Bachman, and Sanja Haecker
Residents as Destination Advocates: A Netnographic Exploration of Resident-Generated Advocacy through a Facebook Travel Group, Michael Lever and Dr. Statia Elliot
Learning about ‘Home’/Teaching about Place: The Everyday Leisure Experiences of Diaspora Tourism, Kelley A. McClinchey PhD
Profiling the Emotional Peaks and Valleys in Stories of Cross-border Shopping, Michael S. Mulvey and Charles E. Gengler
Exploring the Culinary Experiences of Diners at Pop-up Restaurants, Farnoosh Niroo and Christine Van Winkle
Crowding and Congestion in Banff Alberta Canada, Joe P. Pavelka
Re-Imagining Banff: Poll data in support of transformation, Joe P. Pavelka
The connection between cultural tourism and VFR tourism from immigrant hosts’ perspectives, Md Wahidur Rahman
The Role of Sustainable Local Food Among Tourism Stakeholders: A Comparative study in Vancouver, Canada and Christchurch, New Zealand, Hiran Roy, C.Michael Hall, and Paul W. Ballantine
Motives to Take a Gamified Trip: An Interpretative Study Using Q Method, Ye (Sandy) Shen, Marion Joppe, Hwan-Suk Chris Choi, and Sunghwan Yi
Exposure-Investment-Return Continuum in Agritourism, Nicole L. Vaugeois
Agritourism and visitor loyalty: The role of experience, memories, positive emotion, perceived authenticity, Nanxi Yan and Elizabeth A. Halpenny