Announcements

ISCE organize Global Tourism TechEDU Conference 2025

Advanced Technologies in Tourism Education

 April 8-9, 2025

 Online Participation | Free of Charge

ISCE Business Department is organizing the Global Tourism TechEDU International Conference 2025, a prestigious event focused on showcasing the best practices around the theme "Advanced Technologies in Tourism Education". Taking place on April 8 and 9, 2025, the entire conference will be broadcast 100% online, and all the best practices presented at this event will be published in a special edition of the Tourism and Hospitality International Journal [https://revistas.rcaap.pt/index.php/thij].

This international event brings together 35 higher education institutions and research centers from 18 countries across 5 continents, forming one of the largest global consortia of teaching and research entities in the tourism sector. Each partner institution will present the latest innovations, trends, research findings, and experiences related to the application of advanced technologies in tourism education.

Participation in the conference is completely online and free of charge.

Informations and Registration: https://tourismconf.com

See the organizing institutions:

 

ORGANIZING INSTITUTION

ISCE - Instituto Superior de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo [PORTUGAL] https://www.isce.pt/en (Chair)

 

CO-ORGANIZING INSTITUTIONS

ANGOLA

Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo da Universidade Agostinho Neto https://uan.ao/

AUSTRALIA

The University of Newcastle https://www.newcastle.edu.au/

BRAZIL

Federal University of Pernambuco (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE) www.ufpe.br

Parnaiba Delta Federal University – UFDPar https://ufdpar.edu.br/

Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL) https://ufal.br/

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul https://www.ufms.br/

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) https://ufmg.br/

CAPE VERDE

Universidade do Mindelo https://um.edu.cv/

CZECHIA

Pan-European University, Faculty of Business https://www.peuni.cz/

COLOMBIA

Universidad Pedagógica Nacional de Colombia https://www.upn.edu.co/en/

ECUADOR

Universidad de Guayaquil, Facultad de Administración, Carrera de Licenciatura en Turismo https://www.ug.edu.ec/

ENGLAND

University of Northampton https://www.northampton.ac.uk/

INDIA

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University http://www.bamu.ac.in/default.aspx?alias=www.bamu.ac.in/dept-of-tourism

JAPAN

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University https://en.apu.ac.jp/home/

LITHUANIA

Vytautas Magnus University https://www.vdu.lt/en/

MEXICO

Universidad Santander https://unisant.edu.mx/

MOZAMBIQUE

UnISCED https://unisced.edu.mz/

POLAND

Institute of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, https://przedsiebiorczosc.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/start-en

Institute of Spatial Management and Socio-Economic Geography, University of Szczecin  https://en.usz.edu.pl/gpg/

PORTUGAL

CIDEHUS, Universidade de Évora https://www.en.cidehus.uevora.pt/

CiTUR - Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation https://citur-tourismresearch.com/

Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies https://www.eshte.pt/

Instituto Politécnico de Beja https://www.ipbeja.pt/Paginas/default.aspx

Instituto Politécnico da Guarda https://politecnicoguarda.pt

Instituto Politécnico de Tomar https://www.ipt.pt/

ISCE - Instituto Superior de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo [PORTUGAL]  https://www.isce.pt/en (chair)

ISCE Douro - Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas do Douro https://www.iscedouro.pt/pt

ISEC Lisboa - Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências https://www.iseclisboa.pt/

ISLA - Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia /ISLA - Polytechnic Institute of Management and Technology www.islagaia.pt

Portucalense University https://www.upt.pt/

Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Centro Regional da Braga. Faculdade da Filosofia e Ciências Sociais (FFCH) https://www2.braga.ucp.pt/

SERBIA

Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management - Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad https://www.uns.ac.rs/index.php/en/

SPAIN

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela https://www.usc.gal/gl

Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Turismo, Universidad de Vigo https://fcetou.uvigo.es/gl/

USA

Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management, & Tourism at Texas A&M University, USA https://hmgt.tamu.edu/

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Tourism and Colonial Heritage: The Reencounter of Cultures

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, 2026

 

University of Lisboa

School of Arts and Humanities

Lisboa,

PORTUGAL

9 to 11 April 2026

 

We are pleased to announce the International Congress, 2026 TOURISM AND COLONIAL HERITAGE: THE REENCOUNTER OF CULTURES, to be held at the School of Arts and Humanities in the University of Lisbon (Portugal).

 

Three keynote speakers will enrich our congress with their seminars: 

   > Mike Robinson (Nottingham Trent University, England), 

   > Juan Pérez (Universidad Las Palmas, Spain) 

   > Maria José de Freitas (ICOMOS ISC Shared Built Heritage, Portugal).

 

The main theme of this congress is “Tourism and Colonial Heritage”, emphasizing the vital role of tourism in preserving, reinterpreting and promoting the shared values and collective memory of humanity. The congress aims to bring together academics, researchers, industry professionals, students and civil society from around the world to discuss, explore and promote the transversal relationship between a hybrid (colonial) heritage and tourism, questioning and putting into perspective a history that is constantly being updated.

 

SYNOPSIS

Heritage is one of the great flags of contemporary times and tourism is a tentacular phenomenon of the global society to which the 21st century is heir.

Cultural motivation makes many tourists travel to places that once belonged to European empires in order to experience their hybrid heritage. Hence colonial heritage tourism enables people to enjoy not only leisure travel but also historical knowledge spanning many centuries providing a privileged access route to empowerment between visitors and hosts.

As tourism is a phenomenon on a global scale and has a fundamental weight in national GDPs, the dialogue between recreational travel and the safeguarding of a discursive resource whose reinterpretations and reappropriations reflect the current political power has shown itself to have a fragile and volatile balance. A legacy subject to strategies of transition, adaptation, maintenance and/or reformulation, colonial heritage is a means of building culture and defining identities, an enabler of the integration of tourism into history, becoming part of it and a powerful element of multilateral cooperation and alliance between countries with a temporarily common past.

This is a subject of great debate among peers and so the aim is to produce a corpus of critical knowledge with an impact on tourist practices, thus responding to a societal challenge that leverages citizen science, resilience and effective alterity.

 

THEMES

  1. Colonial Heritage: Representation, Memory and Interpretation through Tourism
  • Authenticity and integrity of colonial heritage
  • Memory policies and challenges in addressing the colonial legacy through heritage tourism
  • Interpreting and presenting the colonial heritage to tourists through new technologies

 

  1. Cultural Exchange, Cross-Cultural Encounters and Post-Colonial Identities
  • Impact of colonialism on local cultures, and reencounter and dialogue between post-colonial nations through heritage tourism
  • Contribution of colonial heritage to post-colonial identity formation
  • Heritage tourism: new forms of cultural imperialism, or a means of interculturality?

 

  1. Power, Heritage, Memory and Tourism
  • Political power and tourism: colonial heritage as an ideological instrument
  • Memory tourism and heritage: a form of otherness and cooperation in the global world
  • Tourism and heritage: reencounter of cultures

 

  1. Management and Community Engagement Practices in Colonial Heritage Contexts
  • Community involvement in fostering local ownership together with the preservation and sustainable management of colonial heritage
  • Economic benefits and social impacts of responsible colonial heritage tourism
  • Repurposing of heritage of Portuguese influence in the world for tourism

 

The language of the congress is English to encourage both constructive communication between participants and international dissemination. Presentation 15 minutes; discussion 5 minutes. The language of the articles is English.

 

All the information about the Congress/Publication in website: https://tourismheritage.wixsite.com/2026

or https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/artravel (and click on TravelconT and then AGENDA)

 

If you have any queries about the Congress, please feel free to contact us: congress2026@sapo.pt

If you have any queries about the indexed journal, please contact the journal directly: thijournal@isce.pt

 

We look forward to your valuable contribution and to welcoming you to Lisbon in April 2026!

 

The Organizing Committee,

Tourism and Colonial Heritage: The Reencounter of Cultures

congress2026@sapo.pt