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25 Mar 2011 17:06:40
Speakers are coming from Europe, Africa and Australasia for a major international conference in Mauritius co-hosted by the University of Bedfordshire.
This will be the first major international conference hosted by the Institute for Tourism Research (INTOUR) and the Division of Tourism and Leisure.
The International Tourism Sustainability Conference 2011 is focusing on tourism’s influence and role in shaping environmental and social change and will bring together academics, practitioners and professionals in the field of tourism.
It will take place at the InterContinental Hotel on the Mauritian resort of Balaclava Fort from 21-24 September and has been jointly organised by the University of Technology in Mauritius with INTOUR.
Professor Andrew Holden, the Director of INTOUR who is Professor in Environment and Tourism, is jointly chairing the event with Dr Ramesh Durbarry.
The pair first discussed arranging such an event when Associate Professor Durbarry, who worked for a spell at Bedfordshire before leaving last summer, began working at the University of Technology, Mauritius, as Head of School of Sustainable Development and Tourism.
Professor Holden, who is one of those giving a paper, said: “It’s a landmark conference about global policy issues which relate to tourism and people from around the world will be coming to the conference.
“There’s a strong University theme even though it’s being staged in Mauritius. It’s really good to have that representation at such a big international conference and it raises our international profile.
“To get this recognition is so important and we’ve got a lot of good publicity out of it. The website has already received almost 4,000 hits and our name is right at the forefront on the front page.”
One of the three keynote speakers is former PhD student Dr Joel Sonne who is now Director of Policy and Planning in the Ministry of Tourism in Ghana.
The others are Professor Simon Milne who is Director of the New Zealand Tourism Institute (NZTI) at the Auckland University of Technology, and Professor Peter Burns who is Professor of Tourism and Development and Director of the Centre for Tourism Policy Structures (CENTOPS) at the University of Brighton.
Professor Holden said: “We don’t have a target for numbers but I expect it will be well attended with a diverse, international presence.
“It’s an excellent opportunity for both the academic and the business community to share and discuss research findings in the areas of tourism and sustainability.”
For further details, visit www.utm.ac.mu/sustainabilityconference
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