The Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research
The Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research (ATLAS) was established in 1991 to develop transnational educational and research initiatives in tourism and leisure. ATLAS provides a forum to promote staff and student exchange, transnational research and to facilitate curriculum and professional development. ATLAS currently has members in about 60 countries.
ATLAS is also represented at regional and local level by sections such as ATLAS Europe, ATLAS Asia-Pacific, ATLAS Africa, ATLAS Latin America and ATLAS Middle East. ATLAS Europe was founded in 1991, and still attracts the bulk of ATLAS members. Other sections are growing rapidly, however. ATLAS Asia-Pacific, established in 1997, has staged conferences in Indonesia and China, Japan and New Zealand. ATLAS Africa was launched in 1998 and held its inaugural conference in 2000 in Mombasa Kenya and since then in Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana and Rwanda. ATLAS Latin America held its first conference in 2017 in Recife, Brazil. The regional sections of ATLAS have developed their own programme of activities and publications to respond more closely to the specific needs of members located in these regions and those with related research interests. Membership of ATLAS regional associations and special interest sections of ATLAS is open to all ATLAS members.
The Network of European Regions for a Sustainable and Competitive Tourism.
It brings together around 35 regions of Europe with a strong competency in tourism, as well as tourism-related academic organizations such as universities and research institutes, and representatives of sustainable and responsible tourism business associations and networks from around 20 Countries of the European Economic Area. NECSTouR works for the Tourism of Tomorrow. Together we aim to build up a Touristic Europe based on our Competitive and Sustainable Tourism Model. Tourism is a major economic activity in the European Union. It has experienced continued growth and deepened diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world with wide-ranging impact on economic growth, employment and social development.
New Zealand Tourism Research Institute
The New Zealand Tourism Research Institute at The Auckland University of Technology brings together experts from around the world to deliver innovative research solutions for the industry and those who depend on it. Our research enables business, community and government to develop profitable and sustainable industry outcomes. The institute is a recognised leader in graduate student research and education, with many alumni in key international academic and industry positions.
A.DE.T.T.E. has developed a number of activities, aiming to promote and convey the available knowledge upon scientific fields that are relevant to Tourism and Hospitality Businesses’ Management. This is the reason why A.DE.T.T.E. has founded the Tourism Research Institute (T.R.I.). T.R.I. manipulates the major volume of the Union’s academic activities. The Tourism Research Institute (T.R.I.) is created to serve the scientific purposes of the Association. The institute conducts surveys and researches, takes actions of training in tourism and tourism enterprises by itself, as well as in collaboration with foundations, unions and enterprises in Greece or abroad. Τ.R.I. organizes scientific meetings and conferences as well. Τ.R.I. is responsible for facts of scholarships for all levels of education. The scholar choice criteria are set by command of the Board of Directors of A.DE.T.T.E. The union runs scientific teams that examine the present conditions, concerning the tourist education and the tourist policy. Afterwards a plan is constructed according to what was initially required.
