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The Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) was established in 1991 to develop transnational educational initiatives in tourism and leisure. ATLAS provides a forum to promote staff and student exchange, transnational research and to facilitate curriculum and professional development. ATLAS currently has members in more than 70 countries.

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ATLAS Events coming up

SIG Volunteer Tourism meeting - Travel Philanthropy, Volunteer and Charity Tourism

April 22-25, 2010 - Crete & Santorini, Greece more...

SIG Backpacker Research Group Meeting - Independent Travel in Uncertain Times: An expert conference

September 2-4, 2010 - Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa more...

ATLAS Doctoral Colloquium and Poster Session

November 2, 2010 - Limassol, Cyprus more...

ATLAS annual conference 2010 - Mass tourism vs. niche tourism

November 3 - 5, 2010 - Limassol, Cyprus more...

SIG Tourism Geaographies - The Changing World of Coastal, Island and Tropical Tourism

January 27-29, 2011 - Martinique, French West Indies more...

ATLAS annual conference 2011

2011 - Valmiera, Latvia

Members events coming up

INVTUR 2010 – Tourism Research: State of the Art and Future Perspectives

March 10-13, 2010, University of Aveiro, Portugal
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Heritage Impact 2010. Socio-economic impact measurement, impact drivers and strategies for change

April 22-23, 2010 - Brighton, United Kingdom
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Buying Into Heritage: Gift Shops at Heritage Attractions

April 30, 2010 - Leeds, United Kingdom
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MMV - Monitoring and Management of Visitors flows in recreational and protected areas

May 30 - June 3, 2010 - Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Current Challenges and Future Opportunities

June 15-16, 2010 - Shannon, Ireland
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First Postgraduate Conference ESGHT 2010

June 25, 2010 - Algarve, Portugal
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2010 Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism

July 9-11, 2010 - Beppu, Japan
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Global Events Congress IV: Events and Festivals Research: State of the Art

July 14-16, 2010 - Leeds, United Kingdom
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Solutions on Harmonising Sustainability and Nature Protection with Socio-Economic Stability

August 19-20, 2010 - Valmiera, Latvia
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ENCUENTROS 2010 - Tourism and quality of life

September 27-28, 2010 - Portorož, Slovenia
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EuroCHRIE 2010 - ‘Passion for Hospitality Excellence’

October 25–28, 2010 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Global Sustainable Tourism

November 15-19, 2010 - Mbombela - South Africa
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Adding Value Through Research

December 1-3, 2010 - Auckland, New Zealand
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Travelling Languages: Culture, Communication and Translation in a Mobile World

December 3-5, 2010 - Leeds, United Kingdom
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Patron members

		University of Brighton

University of Algarve School of Management Hospitality and Tourism	Leeds Metropolitan University



Finnish University Network for Tourism Studies (FUNTS)

News

Mar-10		ATLAS Winter University - Pictures

Portorose, Slovenia February 7-17, 2010 more...
Feb-10		ATLAS Winter University 2010

ATLAS Winter University, Portorož, Slovenia, 2010 has been a great succes! Read more... more...
Dec-09		Photo gallery Nazare 2009

ATLAS Religious Tourism Special Interest Group meeting Managing the Religious Tourism Experience Nazaré, Portugal November 19-22, 2009 more...
Nov-09		Photo gallery Liverpool 2009

6^th ATLAS Business Tourism Meeting Advances in Business Tourism Education and Research Liverpool, England 22-24 November 2009 more...
Aug-09		New publication

We are very happy to announce a new ATLAS publication: 'Advances in business tourism research. A selection of papers presented at ATLAS Business Tourism Special Interest Group meetings' edited by Krzysztof Celuch and Rob Davidson. more...
Jul-09		Photo gallery Gaborone 2009

ATLAS Africa conference 2009, Tourism for Development: Environmental sustainability, poverty reduction and empowering communities, Gaborone, Botswana July 1-3, 2009 more...
Jul-09		Photo gallery Aalborg 2009

ATLAS ATLAS annual conference 2009. Experiencing Difference, Changing Tourism and Tourists' Experiences. Aalborg University, Denmark, 27 - 29 May 2009 more...
Apr-09		Winter University Barcelona 2009 on the news!

http://www.barcelonacreativa.info/documents/turisme_raval_BTV2009.wmv more...
Apr-09		Photo gallery Barcelona 2009

ATLAS Winter University. Tourism, leisure and creativity. Barcelona, Spain. February 18 - March 1, 2009 more...
Apr-09		New members

We are very happy to welcome our new members. more...
Feb-09		European Cultural Capital Report 2

We are very happy to announce the publication of the second issue of the 'European Cultural Capital Report', edited by Robert Palmer and Greg Richards. more...
Dec-08		Photo gallery Business Tourism meeting

ATLAS Business Tourism Education SIG Meeting: Educating the next generation of business tourism professionals: challenges and solutions. November 23-26, 2008 - Warsaw, Poland more...
Sep-08		Photo Gallery Btighton 2008

Selling or Telling? Paradoxes in Tourism, Culture and Heritage more...
Apr-08		Sibiu European Capital of Culture

We are very happy to announce this new ATLAS publication, which can be further viewed and ordered at the ATLAS bookshop. more...