Thursday 27th November 2014

15:00    Welcome: Jordi Suriñach (AQR-IREA Research Group).

15:15    Keynote Speaker: Karl Wöber (MODUL University Vienna),                                       "Tourism marketing information system (TourMIS) as a support for                           the analysis of cultural tourism and sustainable development".

     Chair: Jordi Suriñach (AQR-IREA Research Group).             

16:15    Coffee break

16:45    1st Contributed Session: Spatial analysis of cultural tourism flows and                policy implications.

    Chair: Maria Encarnación André (AQR-IREA Research Group).

Calogero Guccio (University of Catania):"Does UNESCO inscription play a significant role in tourism destinations performance? Evidence from the Italian regions".          

Luis César Herrero-Prieto (Universidad de Valladolid): "Cultural resources as a factor in cultural tourism attractiveness: performance analysis of regional destinations in Spain".

Roberto Patuelli (University of Bologna): "Centralized vs Decentralized Tourism Policies".

 20:30    Workshop dinner (by invitation only)

Friday 28th November 2014

09:00   2nd Contributed Session: Tourism Incidence on cultural activities.

    Chair: Vicente Royuela (AQR-IREA Research Group).

Raffael Scuderi (University of Enna “Kore”): "How often to a museum? Motivations matter".

Marta Zieba (University of Limerick): "Tourism flows and the demand for regional and city theatres in Austria".

Xavier Font (Leeds Metropolitan University): "Persuasive communication of authenticity and sustainability in cultural Tourism".

11:15    Coffee break

11:45    3th Contributed Session: Impact of cultural Tourism.

    Chair: Javier Romaní (AQR-IREA Research Group).

Luigi Guadalupi (National Research Council (CNR)): "Measuring the impact of tourism on the economy through regional input-output modelling: The case of  Campania".

 Oksana Tokarchuk (Free University of Bolzano): "Development of cultural tourism and wellbeing of urban residents".

13:15    Closing Act

13:30    Informal lunch

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