Sustainable Tourism Planning & Infrastructure
Eco-friendly infrastructure, sustainable resource management, and resilience in destinations.
We invite original research papers and case studies across 12 themes grouped under 4 primary axes — Resilient Routes, Cultural Cues, Designed Encounters, and Local Echoes.
Planning • Mobility • Infrastructure
Eco-friendly infrastructure, sustainable resource management, and resilience in destinations.
Sustainable transit systems, last-mile connectivity, and smart mobility interfaces for travelers.
Mitigating climate risks, flood-resilient coastal designs, and carbon-neutral building practices in tourism.
Heritage • Storytelling • Sacred Tourism
Preservation strategies, revitalizing historical structures, and safeguarding intangible cultural traditions.
Using high-end digital cultural documentation, 3D modeling, virtual reality, and GIS for heritage and tourism.
Religious corridors, preservation of temple towns, and managing large-scale pilgrim footfalls.
Experience • Inclusion • Resort Design
Developing unique tourist experiences, boosting creative industries, and community-centric economic growth.
Ensuring built environments and tourist destinations are accessible, human-centric, and usable for all people.
Spatial strategies, luxury-eco integration, master planning of hospitality spaces and wellness campuses.
Ecology • Vernacular • Emerging Tourism
Niche markets, modern travel habits, homestays, wellness retreats, and strategic marketing of sites.
Wildlife sanctuary management, eco-tourism trails, and protecting biodiversity hotspots.
Leveraging local craft techniques, vernacular building styles, and indigenous community stewardship.