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We are pleased to invite you and your students to participate in the Summer School of Good Stories: Literary, Film and Wine Tourism, organised by the University of Maribor, Faculty of Tourism in cooperation with 'The University of Zadar, Department of Applied Communication Studies, and held in Brežice, Slovenia. Blended Intensive Programme The Summer School is designed as a blended intensive programme (BIP) and focuses on storytelling as a key tool in contemporary tourism, with particular attention to literary, film and wine tourism. It brings together academic perspectives, practical workshops and field-based experiences, while encouraging international cooperation and co-creation. The physical part of the programme will take place at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Tourism in Brežice from 23 August to 29 August 2026. The virtual component will be held on 20th August and on 31 August 2026. Please find attached the timetable and the Learning Agreement, which provide detailed ...

Ecosystems for literature and art tourism experiences - ELATE  Webinar February 24th, 2026, at 10 AM (Portugal time zone), Dr Charles Mansfield (UK) CiTUR Algarve ( Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation , University of Algarve ) are delighted to invite you to attend this free online webinar. Dr Charles Mansfield is an independent academic who has been teaching at universities since 1995. He is a freelance researcher and writer. Charles completed a major, funded research project for the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique with the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne on digital heritage management. He was also a research academic at the University of Edinburgh from January 2005 to July 2009, where he completed an AHRC-funded research project to digitise medieval literary texts. He is the co-author of Travel Writing for Tourism and City Branding : Urban Place Writing Methodologies , published with Routledge, Taylor & Francis. His PhD, published i...

  Sustainable Narratives and Technologies in Tourism Please click on image to watch the playlist on YouTube PowerPoints for Textbook Users When you choose the textbook for your teaching then re-usable PowerPoint slides are available for 14 of the 18 chapters; 7 of them have slide scripts, too. The slides are CC-BY which means you can re-format, re-use and share without copyright worries. Please include the original book reference as a final slide in your copies. This is provided for you at the end of each PowerPoint. Here is a checklist to help you plan your module with these slides and the chapters from the book  Sustainable Narratives and Technologies in Tourism. Chapter Title, Author(s) and Abstract Notes     Chapter 1:  01-Tourism in the 2030s: Sustainability and Technology. Author: Dr Mehmet Emin Baynazoglu ·         This chapter explores how sust...