[Conference presentation] The 3rd Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific Conference

The 3rd Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific conference was recently held between 13 to 15 February 2023 at British University Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam. With the theme of ¡°Tourism Metamorphosis: Creative Destruction and the Remaking of Tourism Geographies¡±, the conference attracted more than 110 scholars from over 26 countries to attend the conference.

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Amongst the organizing committee members, our CTR researchers, Prof. Joseph M Cheer and Dr. Husna Zainal Abidin were key members who contributed to the successful coordination of the international conference. Prof. Cheer was also given the opportunity to present the welcoming remarks.We are pleased to share that our CTR researchers below presented their work in the conference:

• Can tourism help reduce income inequalities? (Comerio Niccol¨°, Joseph M. Cheer, Hayato Nagai)
• Rural communities and pilgrimage tourism development: Challenges for development (Ricardo Nicolas Progano)
• Identifying the elements of digital collaboration on an enhanced digital platform for DMOs: A design thinking approach (Husna Zainal Abidin, Caroline Scarles, Christine Lundberg)

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With prominent keynote speakers attending, the international conference attracted one of Vietnam¡¯s national broadcasting channel. The broadcasted news related to conference can be viewed through the following link.

TH?CH TH?C TRONG PH?T TRI?N DU L?CH B?N V?NG £¨in English: Challenges in sustainable tourism development£©

¡ôCTS-AP Official Website:?https://www.criticaltourismstudies.com/