HTHIC2020 Speakers

Lorenzo Cantoni

USI – Università della Svizzera italiana | Switzerland | read more

ICTs for sustainable tourism at heritage sites: a framework and some fields of application

Chris Blandford

World Heritage UK | Chris Blandford Associates | United Kingdom | read more

The UK World Heritage collection – Asset for the future

Stijn Reinders

Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands | read more

Imaginative heritage. Towards a holistic perspective on media, tourism and governmentality

Godfrey Ayubu

Hasselt University and Ardhi University | Tanzania | read more

Dismembering indigenous construction aesthetics in Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Boris van der Ham

Dutch Foundation for World Heritage sites | Netherlands | read more

Collective promotion of Dutch UNESCO World Heritage

Véronique Hermanjat

Slow Destination Morges Region | ARCAM | Switzerland | read more

Morges Region – Slow Tourism! Switzerland’s first Slow Tourism destination

Eduardo Santander

European Travel Commission (ETC) | Belgium | read more

Mervat Nasser

New Hermopolis | Egypt | read more

New Hermopolis- An Egyptian model of sustainable tourism

Maria Gravari-Barbas

Université Paris 1- Panthéon Sorbonne | France | read more

Keynote speech

Samuele Cavadini

Municipality of Mendrisio | Switzerland | read more

Welcome in Mendrisio

Michele Rumiz

Slow Food | Italy | read more

Slow Food and Slow Tourism

Deepak Chhabra

Arizona State University | USA | read more

A conceptual paradigm to determine behavior of slow spiritual tourists

Giacinta Jean

SUPSI | Switzerland | read more

Keeping continuity in conservation actions. The Sacro Monte in Orselina (Switzerland)

Karin Elgin-Nijhuis

Elgin & Co. | HTHIC | read more

How to implement a philosophy? Cittalow in the Netherlands
Strategy and story

Maria Della Lucia

University of Trento | Italy | read more

Coming to new life? Envisioning sustainable development in industrial World Heritage Sites

Zhang Chaozhi

Sun Yat-sen University | P.R. China | read more
videoconference

Generation Transition? Chinese Tourist in World Heritage Sites Research Based on Big Data

Andela Sormaz

USI-Università della Svizzera italiana | Switzerland | read more

Social media to balance tourism flow in natural heritage destinations

Barbara Rosenberg-Taufer

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts | Switzerland | read more

Can intangible cultural heritage and identity be matched with tourism & marketing? Insights into three case studies

Sara Mair Bellshaw

University of the Highlands and Islands | Slow Adventure | United Kingdom | read more

The Slow Experience project 

John Ebejer

University of Malta | Malta | read more

The conservation of a tourist-historic city: Valletta as a case study

Laura Puolamäki

University of Turku | Finland | read more

We are opening the gate with a clef. Encounters between people, space, and objects through chamber music

Rafael Oliveira

Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil | read more

The impact of Pampulha Modern Ensemble UNESCO nomination as a world cultural heritage on TripAdvisor’s reviews

Pia Smeds

Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) | Finland

Thi Quynh Trang Nguyen

The University of Newcastle | Australia | read more

Relation between tourismscapes and governance towards sustainable development at Hue heritage site, Vietnam

Nirit Koren Lawrence

Oranim Academic College of Education | Israel | read more

The future of the past: A methodology for the management of archaeological tourist sites

Melissa Brunner

CIMA Beratung+Management GmbH | Austria | read more

“Old & Slow” – two important success factors for slow tourism development in Enns

Roland Murauer

CIMA Beratung + Management GmbH | Austria | read more

“Old & Slow” – two important success factors for slow tourism development in Enns

Mª Belén Prados Peña

University of Granada | Spain | read more

The conservation and restoration of heritage as an improvement in the competitiveness of tourist destinations through the vision of tourists… 

Maaike de Waal

Leiden University | Netherlands | read more

World Heritage city of Bridgetown, Barbados (West Indies): Money pit or pot of gold?

Daniele Albisetti

UNESCO WHS Monte San Giorgio & Museum of Fossils | Switzerland | read more

UNESCO WHS Monte San Giorgio & Museum of Fossils 

Silvia Casellas

Iternatura & Pompeu Fabra University | Spain| read more

Transmedia tourism: reflections for the design of tourist spaces. The Literapolisbcn project

Johanna Aalto

Laurea University of Applied Sciences | Finland | read more

A gentler structure to life – Alvar Aalto’s heritage in branding a cultural route

Alejandra De María Hernández González

Universidad Anáhuac North Mexico | Mexico | read more

Cultural identity and Slow Tourism as a strategy to boost the living heritage of Chiapas and contribute to its development

Luca Zulliger

Museum of Fossils of Monte San Giorgio | Switzerland | read more

Preservation, (re-)presentation and promotion of the Museum of Fossils of Monte San Giorgio

Craig White

Edinburgh Napier University | United Kindom | read more

A netnographic study of visitor discourses of European Holocaust heritage

Martina Nannelli

University of Trento and Florence | Italy | read more 

Beyond traditional business models in the tourism industry

Aurélia Basterrechea

ArcheoConcept | Switzerland | read more

Tourism and archaeology in Switzerland, in search of a balance

Cynthia Dunning Thierstein

ArcheoConcept | Switzerland | read more

Tourism and archaeology in Switzerland, in search of a balance

Engelbert Ruoss

USI – Università della Svizzera italiana | Switzerland | read more

Valorisation of architectonic heritage for the development of sustainable tourism in remote areas

Barbara Gisi

Swiss Tourism Federation STV-FST | Switzerland | read more

Cecilia Pasquinelli

University of Naples “Parthenope” | Italy | read more

The European Capitals of Culture in a time of overtourism hazard

Maria Garbelli

Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca | Italy | read more

Temporary cooperation among local authorities to sus-tain the heritage promotion: the virtual enterprise model in tourism

Ji Eun Park

Université de Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne | France & Korea | read more

From utopia to tourism destination: Heritage-making of nature, tourism and transformation of Island. A comparative case study…

Pelin Sürmeli

Boğaziçi University | Turkey | read more

Social impact assessment in cultural trails: Case of Hoyran/Kapaklı in the Lycian Way

Emanuela Conti

University of Urbino “Carlo Bo” | Italy | read more

Improvisation music festival and sustainability: the case of “Teatro Libero del Monte Nerone”

Liana Miate

Ancient History Encyclopedia |  | Canada & United Kingdom | read more

Promoting cultural heritage through social media

Maria D. Alvarez

Boğaziçi University | Turkey | read more

Social impact assessment in cultural trails: Case of Hoyran/Kapaklı in the Lycian Way

Milla Öystilä

WHS Sea Fortress of Suomenlinna | Finland | read more

How to develop a sustainable tourism strategy? A critical reflection of the experiences of the World Heritage Site Suomenlinna

Burçin Kalabay Hatipoğlu

Boğaziçi University & UNSW | Turkey & Australia | Turkey | read more

Slow Tourism – An introduction
Slow Food’s contribution to the SDGs

Arja Lemmetyinen

University of Turku | Finland | read more

A gentler structure to life – Alvar Aalto’s heritage in branding a cultural route

Gabriele Ponti

Historical Processions Foundation of Mendrisio | Switzerland | read more

Carla Coloniese

UdG-Universitat de Girona | Brazil

Cultural heritage and wine tourism: payés wines in Calonge i Sant Antoni

Marcela Iturbe Vargas

Autonomous University of Chiapas | Mexico | read more

Cultural identity and Slow Tourism as a strategy to boost the living heritage of Chiapas and contribute to its development

Junjie Su

Yunnan University | China | read more
videoconference

Intangible cultural heritage and ethnic cultural and tourism industries in Yunnan, China

Mª Paz Sáez-Pérez

University of Granada | Spain | read more

The conservation and restoration of heritage as an improvement in the competitiveness of tourist destinations through the vision of tourists… 

Tiny Maenhout

Municipality of Middelburg | EU Interreg CHERISH | Netherlands

Kaspar Schürch

World Heritage Experience Switzerland | Switzerland | read more

Ten years of experience as the umbrella organisation for the network of UNESCO World Heritage properties in Switzerland

Chang Liu

University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom

The sense of reading history in low tourism heritage：The missing integrity for prehistoric brochs in Shetland

Catherine Dezio

Politecnico di Milano | Italy | read more

Cross-survey on the anti-fragility potential of sustainable tourism for unused rural capital

Valeria Croce

Eurail Group BV | Netherlands | read more

Experiential and iconic aspects of Interrail Travel