6th November - Wednesday | |
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8:30 – 9:00 | Conference Registration. Accreditations and distribution of Conference materials |
9:00 – 10:00 Plaza Mayor | Opening Address: Mr. Oliver Herrmann, Director for Statistics and Tourism Satellite Programme, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Dr. Javier Moscarella Varela. Director of Sectorial Analysis and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Ms. Sandra Echeverri Duque, Subsecretary of Toursim of The City of Medellín Ms. Luz Helena Naranjo Ocampo, Director of Tourism Development Deparment of Productivity and Competitiveness, Antioquia Government, Colombia Dr. Juan Luis Mejía Arango, President of Universidad EAFIT, Colombia |
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break |
10:30 – 12:30 Plaza Mayor | Session 1 : Colombian Regional Tourism Economic Measurement Experiences: issues & challenges Session Chair: Dr. Javier Moscarella Varela. Director of Sectorial Analysis and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Panelists (4): § Ms. Marion Libreros, senior consultant for DANE, Colombia (tbc) § Ms. María Teresa Rojas, DANE, Colombia (tbc) § Mr. Luis Miguel Suárez Cruz, DANE, Colombia § Santander Tourist Information System – Situr Santander Colombia, Dr. Guillermo Rincón Velandia, Pontificia Bolivariana University, Faculty of Industrial Engineering (Colombia) Discussion |
12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch |
1:30 – 15:30 Plaza Mayor | Session 2: Rethinking Regional Tourism Observatories Session Chair: Ms. Luz Helena Naranjo, Tourism Director, Antioquia Government, Colombia Presenter: Mr. Oliver Herrmann, Director for Statistics and Tourism Satellite Programme, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Reference Document: INRouTe Tourism Observatories – suggested initiatives and recommended approach Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jon Kepa Gerrikagoitia, Director of the research area Tourism Systems in the Digital Age– CICtourGUNE, Spain about Towards a Tourism Intelligence Unit Panelists (4): § Tourism observatory (TO) from Medellín to Antioquia. Dr. José-Ignacio Márquez-Godoy, Engineering School of Antioquia (Colombia) and Dr. Ledys López, Colegio Mayor de Antioquia (Colombia), § Linking Registers with Administrative Data at Unit Record Level to conduct Structural and Regional Analyses of the Tourism Industries. Dr. Steve MacFeely, Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Discussion |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
16:00 – 18:00 Plaza Mayor | Session 3: Visitors Behavior Measurement and Deconstruction of Tourism Destination Demand Session Chair: Dr. Gustavo Canaviere. Universidad EAFIT in Medellín (Colombia) Keynote Speaker: Dr. Douglas Frechtling, Professor of Tourism Studies, International Institute of Tourism Studies George Washington University, USA About Title of contribution (tbc) Reference Document: INRouTe Visitors Behavior Measurement and Deconstruction of Tourism Destination Demand – suggested initiatives and recommended approach § Real time experience tracking and human behavior tracking: Macro and micro approaches to measuring tourist behavior. Adee Athiyaman, Western Illinois University, (USA) and Dr. Frank Go, Erasmus University, (The Netherlands). § Profile, characterization and estimation of the expenditure of flows of visitors to Santander Colombia, Dr. Guillermo Rincón Velandia, and Diana Garcés Portilla, Pontificia Bolivariana University (Colombia) Discussion |