Sixth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies

  • 2021 Special Focus - The Shape of Recovery: Futures of Responsible Travel and Leisure
  • 27-28 May 2021
  • Hosted by: University of Dubrovnik Dubrovnik, Croatia (Virtual)

Network Chair

 Amareswar Galla

Amareswar Galla

Professor of Inclusive Cultural Leadership and Director, International Centre for Inclusive Cultural Leadership (ICICL), and Dean of Faculty Development and Leadership, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India; Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia/India/USA; UNITWIN-UNESCO Network – Tourism, Culture and Development, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; and Former Vice President, ICOM, Paris, and former President, ICOM of the Asia Pacific, Paris

Plenary Speakers

The Sixth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Michael Hall

Michael Hall

Professor, Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Visiting Professor, Linnaeus University, Sweden; Guest Professor, Lund University, Sweden; and Docent, University of Oulu, Finland

Anna Farmaki

Anna Farmaki

Assistant Professor, Tourism Management, Department of Hotel and Tourism Management, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Oliver Kesar

Oliver Kesar

Full Professor, Department of Tourism, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Ana Portolan

Ana Portolan

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Business Economics, University of Dubrovnik, Croatia

2021 Advisory Committee

The Sixth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies is grateful for the support of the following professors from the Department of Economics and Business Economics at the University of Dubrovnik.

Dr. Ana Portolan, Assistant Professor

Dr. Ivana Pavlic, Associate Professor

Dr. Barbara Puh, Assistant Professor

Dr. Iris Mihajlovic, Assistant Professor

Ljubica Miskovic, MA, Teaching and Research Assistant

Dr. Katija Vojvodic, Department Head

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2021 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Justyna Liro

Justyna Liro

Jagiellonian University, Poland

Ekaterina Shebanova

Ekaterina Shebanova

University of Girona, Spain

Jake Eubank

Jake Eubank

Lehman College, United States

Caitlin Graaf

Caitlin Graaf

​Carina Mansey

​Carina Mansey

City, University of London, United Kingdom

Tanya Kewalramani

Tanya Kewalramani

Ahmedabad University, India

Allegra Baumann

Allegra Baumann

Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

2021 Conference Partners