UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites
7th UNESCO Unitwin Conference
USI UNESCO Chair participated in the 7th UNESCO UNITWIN conference “World Heritage and tourism innovation - responding to the challenges in a changing world”, which took place between 15th and 20th May 2022 in Portorož, Slovenia, at the University of Primorska,...
Women in Big Data Conference 2022
PhD Candidate, Lea Hasenzahl, presented her PhD project "Exploring the public discourse around Chinese Outbound Tourism in Western societies (working title)" at the Women in Big Data 2022 Conference in Zürich (18 - 20 May, 2022). The Confernece was organized by the...
Open access chapters of the Handbook on Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Digital Media
We are happy to announce the publication of the Handbook on Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Digital Media, edited by Silvia De Ascaniis and Lorenzo Cantoni, published by Edward Elgar: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788970082. The volume explores the impact of digital...
Brownbag Session: Are Social Media getting the key marketing tool for heritage destinations, Engelbert?
Research Advisor, Dr. Engelbert Ruoss, is presenting how Social Media can be used as management tool to foster sustainable tourism development and to balance over and under tourism. The event is organised by the UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Management of Conservation...
Sustainable Universiy Day
Last Friday 29 of April we took part to the Sustainable Universiy Day organized by USI & SUPSI at Mendrisio in USI & SUPSI campus, the event was supported by the Swiss Academies of Sciences through the U Change initiative. Program of the event here. More...