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ENCUENTROS 2010
 

 
3rd International Scientific Conference
 
Tourism and Quality of Life
 
September 27-28, 2010
Portorož, Slovenia
 
organized by
 
  
 

 


 
THE SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
 
The scope of ENCUENTROS 2010 will be oriented to theoretical developments and applications of Tourism and Quality of Life.
 

 
REGISTRATION

All participants and authors of accepted and invited papers are asked to fill in the registration form. In case of troubles please contact us on encuentros@turistica.si or phone +386/5/617-70-21. Registration can be also made at front desk of the conference.
 
IMPORTANT DEADLINE DATES
 
Submission of an abstract: March 15th, 2010
Notification of acceptance of the abstract: March 31th, 2010
Second submission of an abstract: April 1st, 2010
Notification of acceptance of the abstract (after 2nd submission): April 15th, 2010
 
Submission of a full paper: May 15th, 2010
Notification of acceptance of the full paper: 
June 15th, 2010
 

 
TOPICS FOR THE SESSIONS

The scope of ENCUENTROS 2010 will be oriented to theoretical developments and applications of Tourism and Quality of Life
 
SESSION 1: Tourism as a Factor of Synergy among Regions: Tourism and Politics, Regions Cohesion, Tourism as an Adorer and Promoter of Difference
 
SESSION 2: Leisure and Quality of Life: Tourism – Path to New Knowledge and Insights, Existential Authenticity in Tourism, Family Tourism, Events, Attractions, Sport Tourism
 
SESSION 3: Risk Management and Safety in Tourism: Tourism and Health, Local Inhabitants as Partner for Tourism Safety and Security, Potentials and Responsibility of Heritage and Cultural Tourism, Tourism as an Opportunity for Safety and Security Education
 
SESSION 4: Social Responsibility of Tourism Organisations: Tourists as Destination Development Evaluators
 
SESSION 5: Systems Science Challenges for Tourism: Systems Thinking for Tourism, Tourism as a System, Modelling and Simulation in Tourism, Systems Dynamics Models, New Technologies
 
SESSION 6: Tourism and Economic Wellbeing: Business Opportunities, Economic Development of a Region and a State through Tourism Growth
 
SESSION 7: Environmental Management in Tourism: Environment as a Resource and Tourism Product, Measuring Tourism Impacts on the Environment, Carrying Capacity
 
SESSION 8: Tourism as Communication among Cultures and Different Social Groups: Intercultural Competence Development, Foreign Languages and Tourism, Social Tourism, Tourism as a Dialog of Well-being, Tourism and its Wining Social Exclusion
 
SESSION 9: Tourism and Local Community: Cultures and Different Social Groups, Generations, Symbolic Capital in Tourism
 

SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS - Content
 
Bojnec Štefan, Gričar Sergej: EURO ADOPTION AND CATERING INDUSTRY PRICES: THE CASE OF SLOVENIA
Bojnec Štefan, Papler Drago: SATISFACTION WITH CATERING-TOURISM EDUCATION
Cvikl Helena, Rumbak Rudi: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HOTEL QUALITY STANDARDS IN SLOVENIA AND GERMANY
Čeh Živa: TOURISM AS AN OPPORTUNITY  FOR INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPEMENT
Čepar Žiga, Bojnec Štefan: DEMAND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND TOURISM IN SLOVENIA
Franjić Romana: STORIES AND STORYTELLING AS A POTENTIAL RESOURCE IN CULTURAL TOURISM
Isacsson Annica, Gretzel Ulrike: CASE  SUS TAINABILITY & TOURISM ON FACEBOOK
Koderman Miha: ROOTS TOURISM IN SLOVENIA: THE CASE OF SLOVENE-AMERICAN DIASPORA
Križnič Andreja: THE HIDDEN POTENTIALS OF TOURISM.
Malovrh Metka, Maja Konečnik Ruzzier:  IDENTITY OF THE BRAND I FEEL SLOVENIA
Marković Suzana, Raspor Sanja, Komšič Jelena: SERVICE QUALITY MEASUREMENT IN WELLNESS TOURISM: AN APPLICATION OF SERVQUAL SCALE
Mijoč Josipa, Horniš Marija, Tomašević Nives, Horvat Jasna: BOOK AS A SOUVENIR: PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TOURISM POTENTIALS, CULTURAL IDENTITY PROMOTION AND PUBLISHER`S PROFITS
Peršić Milena, Janković Sandra, Vejzagić Vanja: MEASUREMENT OF ECO-EFFICIENCY IN TOURISM DESTINATION
Pavlo Ružić, Ružić Tomislav, Amidžić Dragoljub:  ARCHITECTURE AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN RURAL ISTRIA
Rebec Matej: THE ELECTRONIC DATA PROTECTION INVOLVING THE CRM SYSTEM IN THE SPHERE OF TOURISM
Rebec Matej: THE LEVEL OF SAFETY IN E-BUSINESS OF TOURISM OPERATORS THAT OFFER ACCOMMODATION ACROSS SLOVENIA
 
 

 
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS - CALL FOR PAPERS

Authors are invited to submit an abstract for ENCUENTROS 2010 conference.
Authors should submit their abstracts with the help of the online form. In case of troubles please contact us on encuentros@turistica.si or phone +386/5/617-70-21.
 
 
Authors will be notified of the acceptance of the abstract by email.
 

 
SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPERS

Full Paper format: 
 
Front page should contain:
  • For all authors: title, first name, family name, organisation and e-mail address
  • Title of the paper
  • In bold in the upper right hand corner, indicate if it is a "student paper"
The second page should contain the title, the beginning of the 500 word abstract and 5 key words. The text of the paper should be written in English according to the guidelines of APA - http://www.apastyle.org. The draft with instructions for authors in here.
 
Authors should submit their papers with the help of the online form. In case of troubles please contact us on encuentros@turistica.si or phone +386/5/617-70-21.
 

Authors will be notified of the acceptance of the full paper for oral presentation at the conference by email. Only papers orally presented by registered authors will be considered for publication in the conference proceedings.
 

 
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
 
ENCUENTROS 2010 conference is hosted by the University of Primorska, Faculty of Tourism Studies – TURISTICA. It will take place at TURISTICA Faculty, in Portorož, which is 50 minutes from Trieste (Ronchi) Airport and 100 minutes from Ljubljana Airport.
 
Special conference rates have been negotiated in Hotel Bernardin from 78 - 150€, including breakfast. Detailed data will be published at a later stage.
 
Conference fees:

 
 Entrance fee (Full)
Author
 Entrance fee
Co-author
 Paid by 20th April 2010 
 300 €
100 € 
 Paid after 20th April 2010
 350 €
 150 €
Student conference fee
 50 € (does not include meals)

All prices include VAT.
 
The entrance fee includes the submission of up to two papers. It is obligatory to present one of them, which must be marked with the word "presentation" before it enters the revision process. If an author wants to present both papers, they must first consult with the conference organizer.
 
Registration and an entrance fee are obligatory to all participants in the conference.
 
Book of Abstracts will be published and distributed to the participants of the Conference.
 
Conference proceedings will be published after the conference, as an electronic medium.
 
The official conference language will be English. No simultaneous translation will be provided.
 
For further information, please contact us on e-mail encuentros@turistica.si, fax +386/5/617-70-20 or phone +386/5/617-70-21.


 
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