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 PODCASTING Travel Writers Online is delighted to announce the publication today of: Jasna Potočnik Topler (2026). COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA IN TOURISM: PODCAST PREPARATION. Totnes: Travel Writers Online. ISBN 978-1-7384914-0-7 along with the Slovenian version  Jasna Potočnik Topler (2026). SPOROČANJE IN MEDIJI V TURIZMU: PRIPRAVA PODKASTA. Totnes: Travel Writers Online. ISBN 978-1-7384914-1-4 For free download of all the resources, please click on the book cover 

Sustainable Narratives and Technologies in Tourism available

  Sustainable Narratives and Technologies in Tourism is available across many book platforms: Click image to view on Amazon in the US As a Kindle book, ready for immediate download - please click on icon below As an E-Book from the Google Play Bookstore - click on image below to visit store -  And direct from the publishers, Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis group - button below

What will tourism look like in the 2030s?

 Publication Annoucement 10 April 2026  INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE NARRATIVES AND TECHNOLOGIES IN TOURISM What will tourism look like in the 2030s?  Tourism destination development will take sustainability as a given. Social media and emerging technologies will be integrated into the stories of co- created visitor experience. This book for tourism, hospitality, and heritage management explores these converging areas in a way that will inform your own studies and research. Local communities and local inhabitants are at the heart of every tourism story as sustainable tourism development is fundamentally dependent on the active participation and endorsement of local communities. The locals are the best protectors of the sociocultural and ecological resources upon which the tourism offer is developed. Their inclusion is not merely an ethical imperative but a valuable necessity. True sustainability can only be achieved when the interests, knowledge and well-being of local pop...

SUMMER SCHOOL OF GOOD STORIES

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

Ecosystems for literature and art tourism experiences - ELATE  Slides available - please click image to download from Google Drive Webinar February 24th, 2026, at 10 AM (Portugal time zone). CiTUR Algarve (Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, University of Algarve) are delighted to invite you to attend this free online webinar. Synopsis of the webinar The webinar demonstrates how the researcher integrates social media theory and literary theory to develop a model for cultural tourism. From his writer's residency in Millbay, Plymouth, which went on to win a creative commission from Exeter's UNESCO City of Literature, he embarked on a project in literary tourism and slow tourism for the French port town of Ouistreham in Normandy. This talk presents the technical and practical details of this work as a model for future developers, academics and travel writers. We make available the dialogue journaling templates recently refined in MS OneNote and Google Docs.  ...

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