We are pleased to announce the Edition 2016 of "Tourism and Sustainability International Conference" will be held in Assisi (Italy) on 18th November 2016. The conference aims at providing a forum for academics and practitioners to come together to share research and discuss ideas and challenges related to sustainability in tourism, urban revitalization and regeneration together with the issues of energy sustainability and new way to design and communicate tourism. Submissions on the topics below are welcome:

· Sustainable destination development and planning
· Smartness & Open Innovation
· Sustainable destination marketing
· Tourism development from urban renovation and old industrial sites regeneration
· Sustainable tourism governance, policy making and management
· New ways to communicate tourism products
· New perspectives about tourism and environment

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Academic submissions will be accepted for presentation at the conference based on a peer-based review process. First an extended abstract will be submitted, and upon acceptance of the abstract, authors will be invited to submit a full-length manuscript for peer-review. Submissions should be relevant to the conference theme, be original and should not have been previously published or presented at another conference. All submissions should follow academic writing, structure and methodology. The language of submission, as well as the language of the conference, is English and Italian. The abstracts should be 500 words, excluding references. Abstracts should include author(s) names, affiliations an contact details. The guidelines for the full paper submissions:

- Practitioner Papers
Written by those actively engaged in managing tourism or implementing Sustainable Tourism approaches;
2,000 to 4,000 words with references primarily to grey literature.

- Academic Papers
Traditional papers with full academic referencing 5,000- 8,000 words

- Work in Progress - Notes from the Field
Reports on new initiatives, work under way or brief comment pieces. Limited referencing, 400-1,500 words.

Abstracts should be submitted to the conference organization at the e-mail address
itfitsconference@gmail.com no later than 2016, October 18.

PUBLICATION:
Almatourism Journal of Tourism, Culture and Territorial Development - ISSN 2036-5195