Following our innovation core values, AIRTH organizes diverse activities, found at this portal, and is involved in one main yearly event. In 2017, THE event was our founding conference.
This year, we were invited to collaborate with the Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research (ATLAS). The "Destinations dynamics" ATLAS Annual Conference 2018 in Copenhagen (26 - 29 September) attracted more 150 participants. We were honored to provide a special AIRTH tourism innovation track, chaired by our co-founders Florian Zach and Dejan Krizaj.
At the event, Dejan Krizaj also gave a keynote speech, covering innovation part and academia insights of the "Innovation and sustainability destination dynamics: pocket-sized country perspectives." The topic was enriched by another keynote, Misa Novak, Head of Strategic Projects at Slovenian Tourist Board, who presented national innovation&sustainability efforts and achievements of this pocket-sized country.
The two perspectives were broadened by other participants of the ATLAS conference's AIRTH track, presented below and in the attached pictures, addressing core issues and interdisciplinary relations of the tourism innovation challenges and opportunities.
We are looking forward to further development of the topics and our next AIRTH 2019 event to be held in Innsbruck (Sep 12-14 2019).