LIST OF WORKSHOPS

It is well known that tourism is an activity that enables cities, regions, and countries all over the world to think and re-think their roles in public administration and management. Related to this idea, tourism activity, in the last couple of years, has been seen as a possibility for development and economic growth.

In chasing the idea of tourism activity as a way to promote development, it is relevant to remember that, in tourism, images, access, visitors and, of course, currency relations, are always related to how local, regional, national, and transnational changes are designed (Paasi, 1986; Saarinen, 2001). Tourism regionalization, based on this idea, has been promoted as a strategy for cooperation between places related by social, cultural, territorial, historical, and other features. Tourism regionalization is seen as useful for goals of competitiveness, governance, sustainability, organization, growth and identity (Lagendijk, 2005).

The primary aim of this Workshop is to comprehend how public administrations around the world are planning policies related to tourism regionalization. To achieve this aim, papers for the workshop must be structured around a discussion of tourism regionalization policy as examples, cases, actions, analysis, plans, results, and/or impressions. They should discuss the interface and relations between tourism regionalization policies, public administration, and development.

Some of the research questions that can be addressed in this Workshop are: How can tourism regionalization be planned? What strategies are being used to plan tourism regionalization? How do tourism regionalization policies work in specific countries? Can we discuss a comparative analysis of tourism regionalization policies? Is tourism regionalization a new tendency for tourism policies? Are the efforts to launch tourism regionalization policies having results? Is it possible to isolate tourism regionalization policies from other sectorial policies in the region? Is it possible to separate tourism regionalization policies from development ideas?

This workshop can be important in opening a brand new space for discussion and debate, by bringing examples of different realities and contexts to discuss a subject that affects all sectors of the economy and development in countries. Tourism activity provides an opportunity for an inter-related and multi-related debate with other policy areas and other ways of thinking. It is an opportunity to produce new studies and theories to plan and manage tourism activity as a field of study and to link it  more broadly to the study of public policy as a process of debate, design, implementation, and evaluation.

Tourism activity as a propellant of local, regional, and national development has been an idea disseminated for decades all over the world. However, recently the new tendency toward tourism regionalization has become a way to soften tensions related to the organization of the territory as well as a tool to propose cooperation between territories that, for several social, cultural, historical, and other reasons, could be expected to work in  common to manage the activity.

The Workshop aims to gather researchers from different fields who are focused on the comprehension of tourism regionalization planning policies. Researchers and academics from architecture, economy, geography, sociology, planning, management, tourism, and other fields interested in the public administration of tourism regionalization are welcome to share their knowledge and experiences.

The scientific objective of the Workshop is to discuss tourism regionalization as a policy able to engage regional development. Besides the territorial relevance of tourism, other questions to be answered are the following. Which strategies are being used to plan tourism regionalization? How do tourism regionalization policies work in specific countries? Can we discuss a comparative analysis of tourism regionalization policies? Is tourism regionalization a new tendency for tourism policies? Are the efforts to launch tourism regionalization policies having results? Is it possible to isolate tourism regionalization policies from other sectoral policies in the regions?

To achieve the workshop’s objectives, papers must discuss tourism regionalization policy with examples, cases, actions, analysis, plans, results, and impressions. Papers that discuss the private sector’s relationship to tourism regionalization policies are also welcome.

The intent is to debate what is new in tourism regionalization, policies to advance it, and the relationship between tourism regionalization and development.  The intent is also to make contributions with practical implications. It seems that the debate has focused too long on the idea of tourism as a promising alternative for development without considering the consequences.

We expect that students, professors, and researchers from countries in different parts in the world can bring new ideas about tourism regionalization policies and their contexts to the Workshop.

Tourism activity as a propellant of local, regional, and national development has been an idea disseminated for decades all over the world. However, recently the new tendency toward tourism regionalization has become a way to soften tensions related to the organization of the territory, as well as a tool to propose cooperation between spaces that, for several social, cultural, territorial, historical, and other reasons, could be work in common to manage the activity. Countless ways of thinking about tourism regionalization have been planned, tested and executed in in Europe, South America, and many Asian countries. It is also important to discuss and comprehend how public administrations around the world are planning policies related to tourism regionalization. The intent to debate what is new in relation to tourism regionalization, policies in support of it, and the consequences for development since tourism has long been seen as one of the most promising activities to advance the development of countries. This Workshop Proposal invites papers that discuss examples, cases, actions, analysis, plans, and results of tourism regionalization policies, their public administration, and the effects for development.

Dianine Censon

Adjunct Professor in Tourism Management at the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT – Brazil). PhD Student of Sociology at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS – Brazil). Master’s Degree in Sociology at Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel – Brazil - 2017), with a Postgraduate Degree in Public Management and Regional Development (2019) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Tourism (2014) at the same University (UFPel – Brazil). Member of the Society and Public Policies Study Group (UFRGS – Brazil). Acting mainly on the following themes: tourism; State; development; development policies; economic growth; enterprise; world enterprisation. Participation in the Major Academic Events as International Summer School on Public Policy - 4th edition - Brasília, Brazil (International Public Policy Association) (2018); SASE’s 30th annual conference - Japan (The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics) (2018); XXXI Conference of ALAS - Uruguay (Latin-America Association of Sociology) (2017); 10º Workshop Enterprise, Entrepreneurs and Society - Brazil (WEES) (2016).

Sarah Marroni Minasi

Bachelor in Tourism at the Federal University of Pelotas (2011). Master’s Degree in Regional Development at the University of Santa Cruz do Sul (2014). PhD candidate in Tourism and Hotel Management at the University of Vale do Itajaí with a Scholarship from the Coordination for Higher Education Personnel – Capes. Member of the Regional Development Research Group (UNISC) and the Tourism, hospitality and gastronomy Research Group (UNIVALI) registered at CNPq. Member of the National Tourism Research and Post-graduation Association. Adjunct Professor in Tourism Management at the Catarinense Federal Institute (IFC – Campus Sombrio). Acting mainly on the following themes: urban and regional development, tourism management and planning, urban tourism, tourism urbanization, territory. Coordinator of the working groups Tourism and Local Development (2018) and Emerging Issues (2019) at the Iguassu International Tourism Forum (Foz do Iguaçu – Brazil). Participation in the Regional Studies Association Annual Conference: Global Growth Agendas - regions, institutions and sustainability – Italy; 11º Congreso de la Sociedad de Investigadores en Turismo de Chile – Chile (2019); National Tourism Research and Post-graduation Association Seminar (2017; 2018;2019).