THE CONFERENCE

Welcome 

We are greatly pleased for the significant success of International Tourism Conference 2006 realized on 20-26 November 2006 in Alanya. The conference has been organized to provide an international platform among academicians, educators, industry practitioners in tourism industry to exchange recent developments and future expectations.

 

The conference has been established in cooperation with The Southern Kazakhstan University named after M. Auezov in Shimkent-Kazakhstan, Ablai Khan University in Almaty-Kazakhstan and Akdeniz University Alanya Faculty of Business in Alanya-Turkey.

 

We have invited the presidents and/or vice-presidents of institutions about tourism industry as speakers to the panel titled as “The General Evaluation of World and Turkish Tourism” that has been executed at the beginning of the conference.  Around 500 participators have been involved in the opening ceremony and the panel.

In respect of the program of our conference, besides the specialist academicians of tourism in Turkey, academicians having international reputation on tourism have been invited as keynote speakers to the conference.

 

Around 250 world-wide delegates have participated the conference from 38 countries and 106 different institutions. 120 presentations have been performed during 3 days taking part in the conference progress.

 

We are very grateful to have welcomed industry professional, academicians and students in Alanya in November.

 

  

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Aktas  

Dean/Chairman
Dean/Chairman

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Prof. Dr. Zholdasbekov Abdimanap

Auezov University, Kazakhstan

Prof. Dr. Ahmet Aktas

Akdeniz University, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Orhan Icoz

Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Salih Kusluvan

Erciyes University, Turkey

Prof.  Dr. Galina Romanova

Sochi State University, Russia

Prof. Dr. Alp Timur

Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Ussenbayeva Gulzamira

Ablai Khan University, Kazakhstan

Ph.D.& CHE Fevzi Okumus

The University of Central Florida, USA

 

CONFERENCE THEMES

Trends in World Tourism

a.New Tourism Destination Development,

b.New Tourism Products,

c.The Demand & Supply Forecasts of Tourism,

d.Ecological Dimension of Tourism,

e.The Situation of Sustainability of Tourism in Future.

Perspectives and Values in Tourism Management

a.New Approaches in Tourism Marketing

b.Tourism Strategic Planning and Policy Making,

c.Tourism Enterprises as Learning Organizations,

d.Strategic Human Resource Management in Tourism Enterprises,

e.Organizational Culture and Managing the Culture of Tourism Enterprises

f.New Organizational Designs of Tourism Enterprises in Future.

Education in Tourism

a.Tourism Education at University Level,

b.Tourism Education Policies,

c.Tourism Education through Internet,

d.Postgraduate Education in Tourism

e.Tourism Education Certification,

f.Internship Process as a Means of Education in Tourism,

g.The Education of Instructors in Tourism,

h.Measurement and Evaluation in Tourism Education,

i.Relationship Between European Programmes.

Information Technology & Usage of Information Technologies in Tourism

a.Internet, Intranet and Extranet Applications,

b.E-Business,

c.Network Organizations, Virtual Organizations, Info Based Organizations.

Ethics in Tourism

a.Political Ethic,

b.Press Ethic,

c.Ethical Problems in Business Functions.