ICTR 2022 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Tourism Research

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 5^th International Conference on Tourism Research (ICTR 2022), hosted by The School of Hospitality and Tourism, of Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal on 19-20 May 2022. The Conference Co-Chairs are Prof. Cândida Silva, and Prof. Mónica Oliveira and the Programme Chair is Prof. Susana Silva, all from School of Hospitality and Tourism of Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESHT/P.PORTO), Portugal.

ICTR is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 5^th year the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.

The opening keynote presentation is given Dr. Luís Araújo, President of Turismo de Portugal on the topic of Tourism: Time to act. The second day of the conference will open with an address by Professor Marianna Sigala, University of Piraeus, Greece, who will talk about Advertising Tourism During COVID-19: Marketization of compassion or re-setting tourism.

With an initial submission of 128 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 57 Academic research papers, 7 PhD research papers, 3 Masters Research papers and 5 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Austria; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Cyprus; Czech; Finland; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Peru; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovakia; South Africa; Spain; Switzerland; Turkey; UAE; UK; USA; Vietnam.