www.univ-angers.fr/itbs
International Festival of Tourism
- 1rst Edition -
Tourism in Indonesia and Southern countries
- 2nd Edition -
“A VECTOR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?”
15-16th of June, 2017, ESTHUA, University of Angers (France)
With the support of ATREI
(Association for Tourism Research and Education on Indonesia),
Eso UMR 6590, Angers Tourism Lab, Angers Loire Metropole and Pays de la Loire Region
In collaboration with Udayana University (Bali), Bali Sate Polytechnic (Bali),
Sahid Institut (Jakarta) IFI (Institut Français Indonesia-French Embassy of Indonesia)
and the Indonesian Embassy of France.
The beginning of the 21st century is characterized by the access to tourism for a large part of
society in the world, that constitutes the “third touristic revolution” (MIT, 2011; Violier and alii,
2016). This activity, that has deeply changed the relation to time and space in the western world
since the 18th century, is now conquering the expanding countries, such as China, Brazil, India,
Indonesia, etc. This specific moment of adoption of an activity and its practices, gives a unique
opportunity to analyze the various aspects of its growth.
The integration of tourism dynamics by Indonesia and more generally Southern countries is
particularly interesting to study, since it is often associated with economic growth, the development
of a middle class and the strengthening of democracy. The development of international but also
domestic tourism poses numerous questions, including the distribution of resources, as well as its
social effects on communities, and environmental impacts - though it undoubtedly brings economic
development. The development of tourism challenges its capacity to become a vector of sustainable
development. But it also underscores the effects of the appropriation of tourism by the local
population, as hosts, but also as tourists themselves.
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The objective of the international conference Tourism in Indonesia and southern countries, created
in 2014 in Bali through a partnership between ESTHUA, University of Angers, Udayana University,
Bali State Polytechnic and Sahid Tourism Institute, is to analyze the effect of tourism, questioning
more specifically in this second edition its potential for becoming a vector of sustainable
development, understood in its more general sense.
Within this framework, we will question its economic impact, as well as its social effects, on Indonesia
and Southern countries. We are interested in knowing how extra income is redistributed to the local
population and whether it affects, or on the contrary, strengthens the traditional organizations of
the communities, bringing new actors, investors, decision-makers in the traditional social
organization. The objective of the conference will also be to study the role of public and private
actors on tourism development. How does tourism become a part of the local economy, and how
does it affect the balance with more traditional activities, especially agriculture? Does it also change
the place/role/influence of the localities into the national balance? Does it disturb, challenge, the
ancient center-periphery models, between national center and touristic peripheries?
Besides, we will question the plural effects of tourism on the local cultures. Does it threaten their
specificities, highlight them, or in a more complex approach, contribute to refine and create them?
We would also like to know if the interest of the foreigners allows for a phenomenon of reappropriation of its heritage by the local population, as in Europe. We will examine if tourism enables
revitalization the local cultures, by helping new creations through the meeting of external influences,
by syncretism and intercultural transfers. What are the relationships between tourism and the local
culture, in countries where heritage is not necessary sanctuarized (as in the Western world), but
embedded in daily life? Do the local communities find a balance between sharing and protecting their
privacy?
We will also address the issue of its impacts on the environment. How can tourism be used as a
vector of protection and revitalization of nature, instead of being a destructive force? Can
conservation and environmental management policies, which imply economic investment, be
compatible with social stakes? The aim is to question the relevance of the Western concept of
sustainable tourism and ecotourism when applied and enacted by local actors.
We will also focus more particularly on the practices of tourism, questioning the interference in a
process of attraction/avoiding, of international and domestic tourism, in countries where domestic
tourism usually exceeds international tourism since the 21st century. We will analyze the
cohabitation of both kinds of tourism –do they share the same places, practices and motivation-, and
examine the processes of appropriation of touristic practices by the different population. Are we
observing a phenomenon of transfers, mutations or creations? Does the meeting of Western habits
and Eastern cultural singularities produce new models of practices of tourism, by syncretism? Does
the appropriation of tourism upset their traditional relations to community and environment, by
absorbing Western behavior, such as the attraction for the ocean and beaches, quest for
entertainment, partial undress on the beaches? Or do we observe a syncretism, between transfers
and strong cultural resistances such as differentiated socialization, influenced by local traditions and
religion? Does the globalization of tourism bring a homogenization of habits, erasing specifics
between nations, or does it favor, on the contrary, innovations?
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At last, we’ll also question the importance of education and professionalism for tourism management
in Indonesia and Southern countries. What is the actual situation of tourism education in those
countries? What are the roles and the social situations of the professionals in tourism industry? Do
we observe a net of small enterprises or a domination of big companies? How are they organized?
Do we observe more competition or cooperation between them? How do they manage the modernity
with the local traditional organizations (villages)? Are the multinational companies still dominating
the market, or are national and/or local enterprises on the path to becoming leaders?
In order to answer all these questions, we will propose four lines of analysis for the 2 nd edition of the
international conference:
“Can Tourism in Indonesian and Southern countries be a
vector of sustainable development?”
via:
1/ Tourists, practices and tourist destinations in Indonesia and Southern countries
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Practices and profiles of domestic tourists
Practices and profiles of international tourists
Destinations of domestic tourism
Destinations of international tourism
Accessibility and role of infrastructure on tourism destination area
2/ Economic and social effect of tourism, in Indonesia and Southern countries
• Diffusion of Tourism
• Tourism and its economic impact
• Tourism and its social effects: the redistribution of income to the population and its
consequences on the traditional balances between the communities
• The transformation of center-peripheries models by tourism economy
• The role of private companies and public actors (government, local government) in
sustainable tourism development
3/ Cultural effect of tourism in Indonesia and Southern countries: vector of
transformation, revitalization or recreation of cultural and natural heritage
• Tourism and the local culture: between resistance, adaptation, and re-invention through
innovation
• Relationship between tourism and a living heritage: an agent of revitalization of a culture
threatened by the modernity brought by globalization?
• Tourism, integrating the process of the construction of local memory and heritage
• Tourism and its environmental impacts: a threat on nature or a chance for education about
and protection of environment?
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4/ Tourism Education, and Professional in Indonesia and Southern countries
• Stakes and problems of Education about tourism: levels, professionalization, access to
education
• How can education can be an agent of sustainable development? Stakes of the education
program; sensibility to sustainable development into the Tourism Management programs.
• Foreign languages among professionals of tourism: problem of Education and solutions
• Management information system in tourism industries
• Role of building services engineering for increasing services in tourism sector
• Health issues and their professional solutions in the context of tourism development
• Crime and security impacts on tourism business
• Professionals and Spiritual tourism
• Tourism enclave: its problems and solution according for the professionals
• Organization of the market: relation between local, national and international companies
• Organization, relations of cooperation, or competition, between the professionals of tourism;
• Management between the modernity of the market and the traditional local organization
(village, family).
The conference will also showcase presentations from the winners of the 2017 FITE
competition (Forum for International Tourism and the Environment) organized by the IFI
(Institut Français Indonesia).
French, Indonesian and international students are being encouraged, in 2016-2017, to respond to a call
for participation in this initiative that aims to challenge students to develop and defend business
solutions promoting environmental sustainability in the Indonesian tourism industry. Students will first
apply on-line with their written proposals, and top selections will be invited to Bandung in March 2017
to present their proposals live in front of top Tourism officials and executives. The winners will be invited
to Angers to pitch and exhibit their proposed business solutions in the course of the conference.
We encourage students to participate in this conference by entering the FITE competition, which will
open mid-November 2016. All rules and indications for participation will be found on the website:
www.MyFITES.org
The second edition of the international conference Tourism in Indonesia will be also the
opening edition of the annual INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF TOURISM organized by ESTHUA,
University of Angers.
Numerous cultural and professional festivities will be organized about international tourism radiance
and Indonesian culture will be organized in this occasion in the city of Angers.
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Organization of the conference
Proposals: The proposals must be in written in English and must be sent as Word or RTF document
in English or in French, to the following address: [email protected]
The proposals should comprise:
- The name of the author(s), his/her/their professional situation; his/her/their institution, University
or company;
- The title of the proposal;
- Five key words;
- An abstract of maximum 500 words, presenting the problematic and the stakes of the communication,
the methodology and the results expected
All submissions must be received no later than 15th of January 2017; the decision of the Scientific
Committee will be sent to the contributors by 28th February 2017.
Fees of registration: 2 days of conference of ESTHUA, University of f Angers, the 15 and 16th of
June - 7 allée F. Mitterrand, 49100 Angers - Phone: (+33) 02 44 68 81 00
- 300 euros for two days
- 200 euros for one day
- 50 euros by days for students
Registration starting the 1rst April 2016 on the site of ESTHUA, University of Angers
Scientific committee:
Coordinator Scientific: Pickel Chevalier Sylvine, Associate Professor, Geographer, ESTHUA, ESO
UMR 6590, University of Angers (France)
Scientific committee:
- Ardika, I Wayan, Full Professor, Heritage, Universitas Udayana (Indonesia)
- Bendesa Dr I Komang Gde, Full Professor, Economy, Universitas Udayana (Indonesia)
- Budarma Ketut, Doctor in Geography, Bali State Polytechnic (Indonesia)
- Camus Sandra, Professor, Marketing, ESTHUA, GRAMEN, University of Angers (France)
- Darma Putra, I Nyoman, Full Professor, Heritage and Communication, Universitas Udayana
(Indonesia)
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- Duhamel Philippe, Full Professor, Geography, ESTHUA, ESO UMR 6590, University of Angers
(France)
- Guibert Christophe, Associate Professor, Sociology, ESTHUA, ESO UMR 6590, University of Angers
(France)
- Ir. A.A.P. Agung Suryawan Wiranatha, M.Sc., Ph.D. Marketing, School of Tourism of Bali (Indonesia)
- Madiun, I Nyoman, Marketing, School of Tourism of Bali (Indonesia)
- Mahendra, Sudiana I Made, Full Professor, Environment, Universitas Udayana (Indonesia)
- Mondou Véronique, Associate Professor, Geographer, ESTHUA, ESO UMR 6590, University of Angers
(France)
- Mudana I Gede, Doctor in Cultural Studies, Bali State Polytechnic (Indonesia)
- Parantika Asep, Doctor in Geography, Sahid Tourism Institute (Indonesia)
- Peyrat-Guillard Dominique, Full professor, Economy and Management, ESTHUA, GRAMEN,
University of Angers (France)
- Pickel Chevalier Sylvine, Associate Professor, Geographer, ESTHUA, ESO UMR 6590, University of
Angers (France)
- Suamba Ida Bagus Putu Doctor in Philosophy, Bali State Polytechnic (Indonesia)
- Suamir I Nyoman Doctor in Sustainable Energy, Bali State Polytechnic (Indonesia)
- Sudiajeng Lilik Doctor in Ergonomics and Work Physiology, Bali State Polytechnic (Indonesia)
- Violier Philippe Full Professor, Geographer, ESTHUA, ESO UMR 6590, University of Angers (France)
Organizers:
ESTHUA, University of Angers (France) - Universitas Udayana (Bali, Indonesia) - Bali State
Polytechnic (Bali, Indonesia) - Sahid Institute (Jakarta, Indonesia).
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