Tourism and Culture in the Age of Innovation Second International Co

This book focuses on cultural tourism as it develops into the second decade of the new millennium. It presents recent hospitality and tourism research findings from various sources, including academic researchers and scholars, industry professionals, gove

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Vicky Katsoni Anastasia Stratigea Editors

Tourism and Culture in the Age of Innovation Second International Conference IACuDiT, Athens 2015

Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics

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Vicky Katsoni • Anastasia Stratigea Editors

Tourism and Culture in the Age of Innovation Second International Conference IACuDiT, Athens 2015

Editors Vicky Katsoni Technological Educational Institute Athens, Greece

Anastasia Stratigea National Technical University of Athens Athens, Greece

ISSN 2198-7246 ISSN 2198-7254 (electronic) Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics ISBN 978-3-319-27527-7 ISBN 978-3-319-27528-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-27528-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016931324 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

The current book is the outcome of the effort of many people, who participated at the 2nd International Conference organized by the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT) in Athens, May 21–24, 2015 http:// iacudit.org/Conference2015/. The theme of the Conference was on the ‘Forms and Norms of Tourism and Culture in the Age of Innovation’. The scope of the conference was to gather latest developments around several key themes, placing at the heart of the discussion the prominent goal of sustainable tourism, as a sector cross-cutting and interacting with cultural, environmental, economic, and social dimensions of our society. Towards this end, efforts were carried out for establishing a fruitful and challenging dialogue, understanding, and interaction among academic researchers and scholars, tourism industry professionals and key practitioners, as well as decision-makers, in order for k