Source: School of Tourism Management
Written by: Zhou Yi
Proofread by: Ma Leini
Edited by: Wang Dongmei

The International Conference on Tourism Landscapes and Tourism in Marginal Areas co-hosted by Sun Yat-sen University, Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change of International Geographical Union, Tourism Geography Commission of Geographical Society of China and Northern Arizona University, was successfully held in Kanas, Xinjiang on September 19-23, 2013. It was organized by Center for Tourism Planning and Research at Sun Yat-sen University and Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation at Northern Arizona University, and co-organized by Altay Prefectural Administrative Office, Kanas National Park Management Committee, Xinjiang Normal University and Tourism College of Xinjiang University. Professor Chen Chunsheng, Executive Deputy Secretary and Vice President of Sun Yat-sen University, attended and addressed the opening ceremony. Nearly one hundred scholars from countries including the US, New Zealand and Germany, and from universities including Sun Yat-sen University, Nanjing University, Fudan University, Renmin University of China and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, attended the conference.
The conference consists of keynote presentation, assembly presentation and parallel sessions. The participants took part in forums to discuss themes such as Tourism and Landscape, Tourism in Marginal Areas and Long-distance Tourism, New Theories and New Methods in Tourism Research, and New tourism peoples and cultures. The biennial conference has deepened dialogue and exchanges among scholars and promoted tourism study of relevant areas.