The conference provides an opportunity for researchers,scholars, and practitioners to exchange ideas on keyresearch issues in the field of tourism economics.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Submissions should be in English and include title, name of the author(s),affiliation, up to 5 keywords and abstract (100 – 500 words) OR Extended abstract (up to 2000 words).
• Authors with accepted submissions canoptionally upload the full paper at a later stage.Authors are not compelled to submit the full paper, but only full papers are eligible for entry into the best paper award.
• Presentations based only on asubmitted abstract may be allocated less time than full paper submissions.
• A pre-conference workshop will be organized for PhD students withfeedback from established academics on their PhD research projects. 

List of Topics

• Economic modelling of tourism
• Tourism competitiveness
• Tourism & the environment
• Tourism & Well-being / Happiness
• Climate change and tourism
• Economic analysis of tourism demand
• Tourism, economic growth & development
• Behavioral economics & tourism
• Transport for tourism
• Transaction costs in tourism
• Tourism forecasting and recovery
• Innovation in tourism
• The economic contribution/impact of tourism
• Tourism, labor markets & human capital
• Tourism policy/taxation
• The economics of tourism supply
• The economics of special events
• Big data in tourism research
• Evolutionary patterns in tourism
• Crisis & Tourism

Committees

Scientific Committee

• Prof. Andrea Saayman (North-West University, South Africa; IATE President)
• Prof. Haiyan Song (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; IATE Vice President)
• Dr Mondher Sahli (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; IATE Secretary General) 
• Prof. Gang Li (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)
• Dr Sauveur Giannoni (University of Corsica – UMR CNRS LISA, France)
• Dr Juan Luis Eugenio Martín (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
• Dr Vicente Ramos (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain)
• Prof. Neelu Seetaram (Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom)
• Dr Laura Vici (University of Bologna, Italy)
• Dr Ulrich Gunter (Modul University Vienna, Austria)
• Prof. Nicolas Peypoch (University of Perpignan – CRESEM, France)
• Professor Stephen Pratt (University of Central Florida, USA)

Organizing committee

• Dean Youcheng Wang (University of Central Florida, USA; Conference Chair)
• Professor Alan Fyall (University of Central Florida, USA)
• Professor Stephen Pratt (University of Central Florida, USA; Academic Chair)
• Professor Robertico Croes (University of Central Florida, USA)
• Dr Jorge Ridderstaat (University of Central Florida, USA)

Possible Publication

Exceptional papers may be published in a special issue of Sage Publishing's Tourism Economics journal.

Venue

The conference will be held at:

Rosen College of Hospitality Management

University of Central Florida

Orlando, USA

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Professor Stephen Pratt (stephen.pratt@ucf.edu).

Sponsors

STR

International Association for Tourism Economics

Tourism Economics journal

Rosen College of Hospitality Management