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Call for papers


AQR-IREA will host the Workshop on Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Urban Development, that will take place on November 27th - 28th, 2014 in Barcelona. The aim of this workshop is to deeply analyse the relationship among cultural tourism, heritage and economic growth. The regional/local dimension will be one of the topics to consider. Also the relationship between cultural tourism and sustainable urban development will be analyzed.

The 2014 AQR-IREA workshop is also the 5th international ERSA Workshop.

Furthermore, successful papers will be published in a Special Issue of Tourism Economics on the same topic.

The accepted papers (around 7) will be presented in plenary sessions that will complement the keynote speaker presentation.

Key-words: Cultural heritage, economic impact, tourism and growth, cultural tourism, sustainable urban development, economic impact of cultural tourism.


  • Keynote speaker:
Karl Wöber (MODUL University Vienna)
  • Submission:

Papers should be sent in pdf format to aqr_workshop@ub.edu before September 5th, 2014. Detailed abstracts will also be considered, but full papers will be favoured.

Travel and accommodation costs for successful papers will be covered by the organisers.

Deadline for papers submission: September 5th 2014
Deadline for acceptance of papers: September 19th 2014
Preliminary programme: September 26th 2014
Final programme: October 3th 2014
Registration: November 17th, 2014

  • Organising Committee:

Dra. Marién André, AQR-IREA Research Group
Dr. Joaquim Murillo, AQR-IREA Research Group
Dr. Javier Romaní, AQR-IREA Research Group
Dr. Jordi Suriñach, AQR-IREA Research Group (Coordinator)
Dr. Jordi Tresserras, Universitat de Barcelona
Dra. Esther Vayá, AQR-IREA Research Group

  • Scientific Committee:

Dr. Roberto Cellini, Università degli Studi di Catania
Dr. Xavier Font, Leeds Metropolitan University
Dr. Luis César Herrero, Universidad de Valladolid
Dr. Enrique López-Bazo, AQR-IREA Research Group
Dr. Marta Meleddu, CRENoS, University of Sassari
Dr. Manuela Pulina, CRENoS, University of Sassari
Dr. Jordi Suriñach, AQR-IREA Research Group
Dr. Julie Wilson, Universitat Rovira i Virgili



Further information at

www.ub.edu/aqr/workshop/2014  or  contact aqr_workshop@ub.edu


Donwload the call for papers in pdf format.