The Sport Tourism Conference (STC’14) is a joint organization between Coimbra College of Education (ESEC), and the International Research Network In Sports Tourism (IRNIST).

This year's conference will be held in Coimbra, Portugal, from 10th-12th December 2014, at Coimbra College of Education, in the Central Region of Portugal. This scientific event is the 2nd edition of a series of conferences about Sport Tourism, developed in the scope of IRNIST. The 1st Sport Tourism Conference took place in Lille (France) last December.

STC’14 wants to get together researchers, professors, students and professionals who are interested in the Sport Tourism topics. It aims to stimulate research and the dissemination of scientific knowledge, providing a platform to increase inter-disciplinary discussions and comparative approaches, enhancing knowledge and experience while promoting scholarly cooperation and collaborative work among researchers from all over the world.

STC'14 (Sport Tourism Conference 2014) - Sport Tourism: New Challenges in a Globalized World - (www.esec.pt/stc2014) has an open call for papers, with deadline extended by June 15, 2014.

STC'14 will be held in Coimbra, Portugal, from 10th-12th December 2014, at Coimbra College of Education.

We hope that you can participate in this congress by submitting a paper reflecting your current research in one of the following areas:
- Sport Tourism Policies and Development
- Sport Tourism Environmental, Economic and Social Impacts
- Sport Tourism, Innovation and Competitiveness
- Sport Tourism Supply and Demand Issues
- Sport Tourism Events
- Sport Tourism History
- Sport Tourism Management
- Sport Tourism and New Consumption Spaces
- New Trends in Sport Tourism

All the papers accepted and presented at STC'14 will be published in the conference proceedings e-book (with ISBN: 978-989-98016-4-6), and in the abstracts book (ISBN: 978-989-98016-3-9). Moreover, we are planning to publish suitable papers in different formats, such as in a book of international publishers, and a special edition in one international journal, with reference for the presented topics.

 Please also note the following deadlines:
- Submission of proposals (maximum of 500 words): by 15 June 2014.
- Notification of accepted proposals: by 15 July 2014.
- Regular registration: by 20th July 2014.
- Submission of final paper (maximum 15 pages): until 15 September 2014.
- Late registration: by 15th September 2014.
- Scientific committee comments: will be sent to the authors until 15th October 2014.
- Revised versions: will be submitted no later than 30th October 2014.
- Sport Tourism Conference: 10th-12th December 2014


If you have any question please don't hesitate contacting me: stc2014esecoimbra@gmail.com
 

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