Due to their great influence on international tourism trade, 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. Invited Keynote Speaker of Panel;

• İbrahim Yazar, Ministry of Culture and Tourism

• Başaran Ulusoy, President of TÜRSAB (Confirmed)

• Ahmet Barut, President of TÜROFED (Confirmed)

• Hacı Say, Assistant General Manager of SunExpress Airlines(Confirmed)

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. The Keynote Speakers are as follows;

 

• Prof. Dr. Erik Cohen,  Emeritus Professor of Sociology.              "Medical Tourism: A Case Study of Thailand"
• Prof. Larry Dwyer, Qantas Professor of Travel and Tourism Economics. University of New South Wales, Australia.                 "Trends Underpinning Tourism to 2020:Implications for Tourism Management"
• Prof. Andrew Holden, Head of Research Faculty of Leisure and Tourism Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, England.   "Environmental Ethics: Are they relevant to tourism?"
• Prof. Dr. Jerry Johnson, Head, Department of Political Science
  Montana State University - Bozeman,USA.                                      "Tourism in the Greater Yellowstone: Stages and Impacts."
• Prof. Ady Milman, Rosen Collage of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida,USA.                                               "The Role of Theming in Destination Development"
• Prof. Geoffrey Wall, Specialist in Recreation, Tourism and Resource Management Department of Geography University of Waterloo, Canada.                                                                                                      "Consequences of Tourism: Current Issues in an Enduring Discourse"
• Prof. Klaus Weiermaier, Head of Innsbruck University School of Management , Tourism and Service Economics , Austria.                                                                                                        "Ongoing and Expected Future Changes in International Tourism"
• Prof. Karlheinz Wöhler, Director of the Institute of Leisure Research and Physical Education (IFSB) Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Lueneburg, Germany.                                                                  "Tourism Management in a Global and Transnational Perspective"
• Dr. Eugenia Wickens, Faculty of Leisure and Tourism Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, England.                          "Tourist Motivations and Experiences:A Theoretical and Methodological Critique"

 

We have received 132 full papers from 38 different countries such as Albania, Australia, Brazil, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Croatia, England, Georgia, Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Japan, Kazakhstan, North Cyprus, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Zealand, Nigeria, Romania, Russia, Serbia Montenegro, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, USA and Uzbekistan in the field of tourism and/or travel.

 

We are also grateful to have received significant interest of registrants who have shown their interest in attending to our conference besides the authors and academicians.