Conference Programme (PDF) – Updated June 21
– Schedule might be changed and conference might be cancelled at any time in order to response to the unpredictable situation of COVID-19.
– For more details of the social programme please see: https://iatour.org/icot2022/?page_id=17
WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE 2022
| 17:30 – 19:00 | Registration (House of Culture) |
| 19:00 -20.30 | Rethymnon Sightseeing Walking Tour |
| 20:30 – 21:00 | Welcome Speeches (Venetian Fortezza Castle) Moderator: Maria Alebaki, Agricultural Economics Research Institute, ELGO-DIMITRΑ, Greece – Prof. Konstantinos Andriotis, Conference Chair – Middlesex University London – Chair – Maria Lioni, Regional Vice – Governor of Rethymno, Greece – Pepi Birliraki, Vice Mayor of Tourism, City of Rethymno – Dr. Stella Kladou, Conference Chair – Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece |
| 21:00 – 23:00 | Welcome Reception (Venetian Fortezza Castle) |
THURSDAY 23 JUNE 2022
| 8.50 – 9.30 | Keynote Speech by Prof. Martin Falk, University of South-East Norway (USN) B0, Norway Title: Resilience of Tourism and Travel Flows during and after the Pandemic Moderator: Dimitrios Stylidis, University of Crete, Greece | |||
| 9:30 – 11:00 | Parallel Session I | Parallel Session II | Parallel Session III (VIRTUAL) | |
| Theme | Pandemics and global change: Transformation of tourism in a post COVID-19 pandemic world | Sustainability and Diversification Strategies in Tourism | Contemporary Issues in Tourism
https://mdx-ac- uk.zoom.us/j/99010045505?pwd=d0U3RGpqWkdnTzlwVU1OSHh5VmloZz09 |
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| Chair | Eli Avraham | Konstantinos Kakoudakis | Dimitrios Stylidis | |
| 1. | Gomes, C., Malheiros, C., Campos, F. & Lima Santos, L.
COVID-19’s Impact on the Restaurant Industry |
Pires Rosa, M., Lopes, A.C. Gomes, A. & Andraz, J.
Proximity urbanism for sustainable and healthy tourism: Lessons from Sustowns Project developed in the city of Lagos |
Kim, Y., Ribeiro, M.A. & Li, G.
Tourism memory valence, mood awareness and desire to repeat a trip: The moderating role of memory accessibility |
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| 2. | Kahana, N.
Addressing some of the post-pandemic tourism challenges: Insights from volunteer tourism |
Pérez León, V.E.
Tourism sustainability assessment through composite indicators: The feasibility of DEA in a regional initiative |
Alexiou, A. & Spilanis, I.
Identifying the most sustainable type of wellness tourism for the Greek island destinations |
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| 3. | Pociute-Sereikiene, G., Baranauskiene, V. & Kriauciunas, E.
Challenges of the tourism business in Lithuania in the context of COVID-19 pandemic: Governmental aid instruments, sustainable development, adaptation of innovations |
Pires Rosa, M., Pereira, E., Flores, A., Pinto, V., Pereira, E., Graga, H. & Estela Vieira
Sustowns project: Sustainable and resilient tourism in the fascinating town of lagos |
Adnan, R.S. & Firdaus, F.
Institutional Improvement on Tourist Village to Achieve a Sustainable Development Case study : a Remote Area in Eastern Java, Indonesia |
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| 4. | Baranauskiene, V., Pociute-Sereikiene, G. & Kriauciunas, E.
Adaptation to the new conditions: Changes in the tourism business during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Lithuania |
Alcover Casasnovas, A. & Colombram Mestre, M.
Residential tourism and sustainability in Mallorca: A controversy. |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Parallel Session I | Parallel Session II | ||
| Theme | Perspectives on Screen Tourism I | Sustainability in Tourism | ||
| Chair | Hania Janta, Alkmini Gkritzali & Christine Lundberg | Carla Cardoso | ||
| 1. | Janta, H.
Developing a film-friendly destination: The case of Switzerland |
Cardoso, C.
Why regenerative tourism is now a key driver of sustainable best practices? |
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| 2. | Vilhjalmsdottir, V.
Film tourism in Iceland: How can the tourism industry in Iceland utilise the country’s increased visibility in international movies and TV shows? |
Pinto Contreiras, J., Serdeira Azevedo, P., Pires Rosa, M. & Flores, A.
Enhancing sustainable tourism in Lagos through coworking spaces |
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| 3. | Wu, Z.
The impact of past film watching experience on dark tourism on-site experience: The case of Titanic |
Flores, A., Pires Rosa, M., Pereira, E., Andraz, J., Contreiras, J.P., Azevedo, P., Sedarati, P., Seyed, H.G., Felicioni, M.A. & Vignoli, A.
Sustowns project: Enhancing sustainable tourism attraction in small fascinating med towns: A collaborative approach developed in Lagos |
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| 4. | Reijnders, S. (VIRTUAL)
Imaginative heritage: understanding a city through its crime fiction |
Koulouri, P., Dounas, C. & Mogias, A.
A pilot survey investigating naturoid artificial reefs as a tool for sustainable marine eco-tourism |
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| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch Break | |||
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Parallel Session I | Parallel Session II | ||
| Theme | Perspectives on Screen Tourism II | Contemporary Cases in Tourism | ||
| Chair | Hania Janta, Alkmini Gkritzali & Christine Lundberg | Thanasis Spyriadis | ||
| 1. | Lind, J.
Literature review for a theoretical framing exploring place branding and narrative values from screen tourism |
Chaperon, S. & Agius, K.
The dependency-autonomy paradox: A core-periphery analysis of ecotourism development in Mediterranean archipelagos |
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| 2. | Gkritzali, A., Lundberg, C. & Tian, S.
Measuring emotional responses: Evaluating physiological and self-report methods |
Spyriadis, T. & Went, A.
Exploring the nature of the social connections that working holiday makers form in resort destinations: The case of Zante, Greece |
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| 3. | Lundberg, C.
Twilight tourism 2.0: The destination saga continued |
Kakoudakis, K. & Papadoulaki, A.
The birth and development of modern tourism in Crete and Cyprus |
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| 4. | Afsar, B., Bilgic, B.H., Emen, M., Zarifoglu, S. & Acar, S.
Investigating the impact of the EU-ETS on Europe’s aviation emissions |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break | |||
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Parallel Session I | Parallel Session II | ||
| Theme | Tourist Experiences and Behaviors: Cases and Challenges | Innovative Destination Branding and Marketing | ||
| Chair | Samantha Chaperon | Thanasis Spyriadis | ||
| 1. | Gabarda-Mallorqw, A., Bouman, T., Deyà, B. & Tirado, D.
A segmented analysis of tourists’ water conservation habits and their environmental personal values, norms, and beliefs. The Mallorca island case study |
Stoica, I. & Kavaratzis, M.
The co-creation of place brands and the role of the residents |
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| 2. | Joseph-Mathews, S. & Anatol, M.
“Do we want dem weedheads here?”: An exploration of attitudes of cannabis and noncannabis users towards the development of cannabis tourism in the Caribbean |
Kasamira, K.K., Stangl, B., Sommaruga, F. & Mameli, E.
How to build a destination back innovatively using phygital marketing and innovative pricing? |
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| 3. | Matiza, T. & Slabbert, E.
Exploring the mediating effect of South Africa’s nation brand in the destination marketing-travel intentions nexus amid the COVID-19 pandemic |
del Pilar Pascual Fraile, M.
Co-op marketing: An image repositioning strategy for touristic destinations. The case of Tourspain, Tripadvisor and Expedia |
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| 4. | Islam, M.
Investigating the factors affecting tourists’ revisit behavioral intention: Evidence from tourism destinations in Bangladesh |
Abdula, M., Breda, Z. & Eusébio, C.
How is Mozambique perceived internationally? An analysis of tourism destination image perception based on trip advisor comments |
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| 5. | Guachalla, A.
Positive destination image building: The power of diet |
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| 18:00 – 19:00 | Workshop on Big Problems in Tourism: The Elephant Tourism Business
Organised by Eric Laws, John Koldowski, Noel Scott & Claire Parfitt https://mdx-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/93324401175?pwd=V1UwV1lJL2lsUzUwL0J3bHpTZncwUT09 |
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FRIDAY 24 JUNE 2022
| 8:50 – 9:30 | Keynote Speech by Hania Janta, University of Basel, Switzerland and University of Surrey, United Kingdom Title: Migrant Workers in the Tourism and Hospitality industry: Global Citizens?
Moderator: Mihalis Kavaratzis, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom |
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| 9:30 – 11:00 | Parallel Session I | Parallel Session II | |
| Theme | Pandemics and Global Change: Transformation of Tourism in a COVID-19 world | Education in the Tourism Sector | |
| Chair | Eran Ketter | Myria Ioannou | |
| 1. | Ketter, E. & Spiegel, Y.
Tourism resilience and the affect of COVID-19 on travel sentiment |
Montano, L.J., Font, X., Elsenbroich, C. & Ribeiro, M.A.
Co-learning through evaluation: Applying theory of change in complex tourism interventions |
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| 2. | Avraham, E.
Recovery strategies and marketing campaigns for global destinations in response to the COVID-19 tourism crisis |
Green, G.
How educational institutions are responding to the current demand for digital education within tourism: Lessons from COVID-19 |
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| 3. | Atrio Lema, Y., Neira Gómez, I. & Sánchez Vila, E.
The effect of COVID-19 on tourism decision making: An approach on the Santiago Way |
Gkouri, H, & Simantiraki, E.
Vocational training programs for tourism employees offered by the Higher School of Tourism Education of Crete under the supervision of the Ministry of Tourism |
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| 4. | Pires Rosa, M.
Proximity tourism boom in Lagos during the pandemic crisis |
Amaro, S., Barroco, C. & Antunes, J.
Comparing destination brand love through the eyes of Erasmus students |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Parallel Session I | Parallel Session II | |
| Theme | Contemporary Issues in Tourism | Tourism and Intangible Heritage – Challenges and new perspectives | |
| Chair | Serena Vergori | Alexandra I. Correia | |
| 1. | Barone, R., Delle Side, D. & Vergori, A.S.
Buy a pig in a poke: The case of bandbs fake reviews |
Henriques, C., Marado, C., Callado, V. & Pires Rosa
How to Develop Cultural Tourist Sustainable Routes at Local Level: Military and Religious Heritage in Lagos, Algarve? |
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| 2. | Komis, M. & Wassler, P.
Sustainability issues on islands: A case of Kefalonia |
Iakovidis, D., Spyrou, E. & Krukowski, A.
Wearable system for inclusive cultural tourism based on artificial intelligence |
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| 3. | Ioannou, M. & Boukas, N.
The role of customer participation on value creation: The case of the airline industry |
Correia, A.I., Almeida, R., Ulisses, A. & Sampaio, H.A.
Supply-side perspectives on digital technologies and cultural tourism experiences in Northwest Portugal |
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| 4. | Kalogeras, G., Alexakos, C., Kalogeras, A., Tzamaloukas, K. & Verocchi, G.
Innoxenia strategic agenda on innovation in tourism in the Adriatic Ionian area |
da Silva, A.M.F., Cardoso Martins, F., Costa, C. & Pita, C.
Experiential familiarity and coastal and maritime cultural heritage (CMCH) in-situ experience intensity: A segmentation approach based on actual behaviour |
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| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch Break | ||
| 14:30 – 16:00 | Special Session | Parallel Session II | |
| Theme | Wine Tourism: Foretasting the Day After | Niche Tourism: Trends and Cases | |
| Chair | Maria Psimouli, Maria Alebaki & Stella Kladou | Dimitrios Stylidis | |
| 1. | Psimouli, M., Kladou, S., Alebaki, M. & Terzidis, A.
Wine tourism in the digital new era: Facebook insights from Crete and Santorini (Greece) |
Kim, E.G., Timothy, D. & Chhabra, D.
Cultural tourists typology: MICE travelers as cultural tourists |
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| 2. | Alebaki, M., Liontakis., A. & Koutsouris, A.
Stimulating dialogue among wine tourism stakeholders: A world café approach |
Hu, M., Pantano, E. & Stylos, N.
Short break solution for tourists: A re-conceptualization of city breaks type of vacationing |
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| 3. | Dunning, J.
Wine service in restaurants: changing trends and the impact on the professional wine steward |
Jacob, M., Payeras, M. & Florido, C.
Socioeconomic impact of a scientific event in an island tourism destination |
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| 4. | McCole, D. (Virtual)
A New Type of Wine Region: The Emergence of ‘Visitor-Dependent Wine Regions’ |
Musyck, B. & Aidai Maksabekova
Beyond the “Pamir highway”: New challenges in mountain tourism in the Pamir region, Tajikistan |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Panel | Parallel Session II | |
| Theme | Wine Tourism in Crete: Strengthening the industry-research nexus | Contemporary Cases in Tourism | |
| Chair | Stella Kladou & Maria Psimouli | Amir Shani | |
| 1. | Birliraki, P.
Rethymno 2018: European wine city |
Shani, A., Nagar, R. & Poria, Y.
Customer discrimination: Evidence from the hotel industry in Israel |
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| 2. | Alebaki, M.
Linking the needs of wine tourism stakeholders with scientific research priorities |
Hatzimarinakis, S., Giannopoulos, K., Giannikos, I. & Zacharatos, G.
Russo-Ukrainian war: Developing policies to overcome the disruptions in the food supply chain for Greek and Cretan tourism |
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| Miliarakis, N.
Coordination and branding as critical success factors for regional wine tourism |
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| 3. | Jacob, M., Florido, C., Dominguez-Quintero, A. & Payeras, M.
Circular economy practices in the hotel industry of two Spanish destinations |
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| Koliakoudaki, I.
Wine Tourism, local communities and local culture: A symbiotic relationship |
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| 4. | Malihin, I.
Building synergies with multiple interested parties: The case of a small winery in Rethymno Dunning, J. Wine, restaurants, service and guest experience |
Ayash, O.
Flight experience and consumer behaviour among tourists in Europe |
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| Stylidis, D.
Developing residents’ destination image research |
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| 18:00 – 18:10 | Awards’ Ceremomy
Moderator: Prof. Sevil Acar Aytekin, Bogazici University, Turkey |
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| 18:10 – 18:20 | Closing Speeches:
– Prof. Konstantinos Andriotis, Middlesex University London, UK – Conference Chair – Pepi Birliraki, Vice Mayor of Tourism, City of Rethymno |
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| 20.30 – 00:00 | Walking Tour, Local Wine Tasting and Gala Diner | ||
SATURDAY 25 JUNE 2022
| 9:00–17:00 | Day Trip |