ICTWTRP 2025: 5th ICT Workshop on Tourism and Regional Promotion

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the ICTWTRP 2025 – 5^th ICT WORKSHOP ON TOURISM AND REGIONAL PROMOTION, event inserted in the context of the 20^th IBERIAN CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, to be held between the 18th and 21th of June, 2025, at ISEG, Lisbon, Portugal.

SCOPE:

The tourism sector is information intensive and has become one of the most important engines of economic growth for many countries. With the evolution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), new opportunities have arisen for a reengineering in the way the various tourism and hospitality industries interact with tourists. Equally, new possibilities open to the entities that vision to promote the patrimony and endogenous products of their regions. ICT are today one of the most critical areas for the success of tourism and how tourist destinations can be promoted. Tourists, increasingly a digital generation, expect that the access to information and services be done in an innovative, immersive and contextualized way, through the use of technologies that are embedded in their daily lives.

In this industry context, the integration of ICT in the tourism is an essential element for the success of any tourism enterprise. ICT provide access to information of tourism products from anywhere and at any time. Tour companies may also reach out to target customers around the world through a series of emerging technologies.

Accordingly, with this workshop we intend to raise a deep scientific analysis on the use of innovative models and technologies in the tourism and regional development context, enhancing the development of regions, promoting cultural education, the promotion of material and immaterial heritage and business in order to leverage the competitiveness and cohesion of territories, especially those of low density.

LIST OF TOPICS OF INTEREST (NOT INTENDED TO BE RESTRICTIVE):
- Smart Tourism

- Digital Tourism Communication

- Identity, Image and Reputation of Tourist Destinations

- Tourists Behaviour and Experiences

- Adoption of Systems and Technologies

- Pervasive and Mobile Computing

- Usability and Accessibility

- e-Commerce Branding

- Big Data and Data Analytics

- Social Media and Digital Marketing

- Digital Marketing Strategies and Branding

- Rural e-Business and e-Commerce

- Gamification

- Virtual, Augmented and Mix Reality

- Digital Skills in Information Society

PAPER SUBMISSION AND FORMATTING GUIDELINES:

All papers must follow the formatting rules defined by CISTI and be written in Portuguese, Spanish or English. In the version of papers for evaluation by the Scientific Committee should not be included identification, e-mail or affiliation of the authors. This information should only be available in the final version of papers accepted for presentation and publication. The evaluation version of the papers should be saved in PDF. However, the final version for publication must be saved in Word format.

IMPORTANT DATES:
- Deadline for paper submission: March 3, 2025
- Notification of paper acceptance: April 4, 2025
- Deadline for final versions and conference registration: April 14, 2025
- Conference dates: June 16-19, 2025

WORKSHOP WEBSITE: 
http://cisti.eu/index.php/en/workshops/ictwtrp-2025

SUBMISSIONS:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cisti2025workshops

WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Agostinho Sousa Pinto, Polytechnic Institute of Porto & CEOS.PP, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Beatriz Casais, University of Minho, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Cândida Silva, Polytechnic Institute of Porto & CiTUR, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Catarina Martins, UNIAG & Bragança Polytechnic University, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Célia Ramos, CinTurs & University of Algarve, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Dimitris Buhalis, Bournemouth University, England, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elsa Esteves, UNIAG & Bragança Polytechnic University, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Emanuel Peres, INESC TEC & University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Grzegorz Słowiński, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

João Paulo Sousa, Bragança Polytechnic University, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Leonor Teixeira, IEETA / DEGEIT & University of Aveiro, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Lineta Ramonienė, University of Management and Economics, Lithuania, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Luísa Lopes, UNIAG & Bragança Polytechnic University, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Marin Vuković, University of Zagreb, Croatia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mário Sérgio Teixeira, CETRAD & University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Osvaldo Rocha Pacheco, IEETA & University of Aveiro, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Paula Odete Fernandes, UNIAG & Bragança Polytechnic University, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Pedro Oliveira, CeDRI & Bragança Polytechnic University, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Raquel Meneses, University of Porto, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ricardo Jorge Correia, UNIAG & Bragança Polytechnic University, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Vítor Mendonça, UNIAG & Bragança Polytechnic University, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Best Regards,

WORKSHOP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Carlos Rompante Cunha, CeDRI & SusTEC & Bragança  Polytechnic University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elisabete Paulo Morais, UNIAG & Bragança  Polytechnic University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Aida Carvalho, UNIAG, Bragança  Polytechnic University & Côa Park Foundation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ricardo Correia, UNIAG, Bragança Polytechnic University This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.