This is the FINAL call for papers for the Atlas Critical Tourism Studies Asia-Pacific In-between Conference.
TOURISM MOBILITIES IN THE AGE OF REFLEXIVE COMPLEXITY
RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY, KYOTO, JAPAN, 9-10 MARCH 2026
Abstracts can be submitted here:
https://t.co/vK3ozIISMJ
IMPORTANT DATES
• Registration open: 31 October 2025
• Deadline for registrations: 14 December 2025
• Registration information can be found here:
https://t.co/tIj0UFufdu
⏰ IMPORTANT DATES
🔺 Deadline for abstracts and session proposals: 12 October 2025
🔺 Registration open: 13 October 2025
🔺 Deadline for registrations: 14 December 2025
🔺 All submissions should be submitted to: https://t.co/vK3ozIISMJ
🚩 Second Call for Papers
🌏 Atlas Critical Tourism Studies Asia-Pacific In-between Conference.
✈️ TOURISM MOBILITIES IN THE AGE OF REFLEXIVE COMPLEXITY
🇯🇵 Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 9-10 March 2026
🔗 See full details: https://t.co/qx3IGapTn4
🗣️ Professor Hideki Endo - Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Letters, Ritsumeikan University, and Executive Trustee of The Ritsumeikan Trust.
👀 Watch this space for the Call for Papers and further conference details.
🌏 The ATLAS Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific (CTSAP) In-Between/Regional conference is scheduled for March 9-10, 2026, and will be hosted by Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan.
✅ The Call for Papers is imminent - in the meantime, please save the date!
📯 We are also thrilled to announce our first two keynote speakers:
🗣️ Professor Tim Cresswell - Ogilvie Professor of Geography, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
🔥 SAVE THE DATE
🌏 Atlas Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that its In-Between Regional Conference will be hosted by Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto on 9-10 March, 2026.
✈️ The overarching theme will be “TOURISM AND MOBILITIES”.
Tourism re-emerges as a key plank in Australia-China bilateral & trade relations.
“Not only is Australia’s beef, barley, red wine and lobster the best in the world – we’re the best place in the world to come for a holiday”.
Australian PM, Anthony Albanese
https://t.co/csGcuh9iLf
🚩 New Research in TOURISM GEOGRAPHIES.
🌳 KEY QUESTION:
How can engagement and entrepreneurship in rural tourism be enabled?
With thanks to Handling Editor, Dimitri Ioannides for helping shape this work.
🔗 Gauna Ruiz de León, C., Salvador Anton Clavé, Cinta Sanz-Ibáñez & Zepeda Arce, A. (2025). Agency and coevolutionary path development in tourism destinations. Tourism Geographies, 1–28.
https://t.co/DtEznqggiS
💥 New research in TOURISM GEOGRAPHIES.
🆓 OPEN ACCESS & FREE to download
🚩 What are the critical factors that shape the evolution of a destination, and how can policymakers foster resilient, adaptive, and inclusive development strategies?
🔗 McKercher, B. (2025). Politics of tourism in public land use management: a reflexive treatise. Tourism Geographies, 1–22.
https://t.co/KYzG3iMua4
If you don't have library access to the paper, I'm sure the author will be happy to oblige: [email protected]
💥 New research just out in TOURISM GEOGRAPHIES.
🌏 Why do tourism stakeholders lack firm political allies in the protected area and public land use debate, and, as such, are often opposed in the political arena?
🚩 Anti-tourism sentiment is often underlined when local residents are locked out of the housing market as rental costs surge as a result of tourism growth and heightened demand for short-term rentals.
https://t.co/a96AIyAiyj
Cheer, Joseph M., and Mary Mostafanezhad. "On the Verge: the State-of-the-Art in tourism geographies." Tourism Geographies (2025): 1-19. https://t.co/9zi86IEzLj