***Apologies for cross-posting***
Call for Papers
*Bilingual English/French Special Session on ‘High-Speed Rail, Tourism
and Territories’*
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*within the 49th French-speaking Regional Science Association (ASRDLF)
Annual Conference*
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*9-11 July 2012, Belfort, France*
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*Deadline: 15^March 2012.*
The aim of this special session is to explore cross-interactions between
high-speed rail (HSR), tourist experiences and local/regional tourist
development, taking into account the diversity of local/regional
resources. Potential or forthcoming HSR services are often considered by
local authorities as a means to promote tourism. This is a specific
variant of the persistent, global belief claiming that improving
transport automatically leads to economic development. Tourism expansion
may also be used to justify HSR projects and public financing. Of
course, tourism is seen as a way to collect expenditures. Yet the
existing literature is more careful on what should be seen as potential
impacts of HSR on tourism. Unfortunately, the nature and the extent of
these impacts are rather unknown. Furthermore, the impact of tourism on
HSR has not been examined.
*Languages:*
Submissions (including papers, presentations and slides) are welcome in
English and French.
Please note that simultaneous translations will not be possible.
*Calendar:*
Abstracts submission: 15^March 2012
Notification of acceptance: April 2012
Full paper (optional): 15^th June 2012
*Among the themes on which we would welcome papers are:*
/1. The impact of HSR on tourism:/
- Does HSR generate (more) tourism?
- Does HSR impact tourism (destination choice, length stay,
distances travelled, accommodations’ occupancy rates, etc.)?
- What kind of tourism and which territories are or may be affected
by HSR? Does HSR reinforce existing tourism? Does it increase
competition between tourist places?
- How do new HSR services or projects impact local or regional
governance and territorial marketing for tourism expansion? How do both
private and public actors change and appropriate HSR to promote their
tourist resources?
- Can we detect the impact of HSR service characteristics (travel
time, fares, intermodal competition, etc.) on the aforementioned changes?
- Do HSR operators consider tourism in their strategies and, if so,
how?
- Does the location of HSR stations (city-centre vs. outside of the
city) matter?
- Does HSR lead to more modal change and to more intermodal
competition for tourism mobilities?
/2. The impact of tourism on HSR:/
- Does tourism geography influence the geography of HSR
infrastructures and services?
- Do socio-demographic changes (e.g. ageing population),
institutional changes (e.g. working duration) and tourism changes (e.g.
more frequent shorter trips) encourage HSR tourism?
- Which forms of tourism, tourists, or territorial organisations
better fit with HSR travel?
*Submission:*
The abstracts submitted should include the following framework (maximum
3 pages):
* Title
* Subtitle: ‘Special session 12B on High-Speed Rail, Tourism and
Territories’
* Authors’ names, affiliations, positions and coordinates including
the email
* Aim(s)
* Original aspect
* Method
* Expected or obtained results
* References (maximum 15)
*Please email your DOC/DOCX/RTF file to
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*The subject should be ‘ASRDLF special session 12B’.*
*Further publications:*
Papers sent in due time (15 June 2012) will be included on the
conference’s CD-R or USB key.
Depending on the number and the quality of the presentations, selected
papers from this special session may be published in special journal
issue(s).
*Session conveners:*
Dr Pascal Bérion (Franche-Comté University), Pr Marie Delaplace
(Paris-Est Marne la Vallée University), Dr Frederic Dobruszkes (Oxford
University), Dr Valérie Fachinetti-Mannone (Dijon University)
*Additional information:*
* The conference will be held in Belfort, where part of Franche-Comté
University is hosted. Belfort stands on the so-called Rhine-Rhone
corridor. This post-industrial area is characterised by local and
regional authorities’ dynamism, which has led them to support, pay,
and obtain the recently opened new HSR line. This line, which is
promoted as a European HSR notably linking Spain and Germany via
Strasbourg and Lyons, is the first French HSR line that was not
designed mainly for serving Paris, although there are many direct
services from/to Paris via Dijon. The surrounding region allows for
combining the conference and tourism (Jura, Alps, citadel of
Besançon, etc.).
* Venue
/By train:/ since December 2011, Belfort has been serviced by new,
faster HSR services from Paris (2:16-2:28), Strasbourg (1:14-1:22),
Lyon (2:21-2:53), and Basel (0:44) (‘Belfort Montbeliard TGV’ HSR
station). Please refer to http://www.tgv-europe.com
<http://www.tgv-europe.com/>
/By plane:/The nearest airport is Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg EuroAirport,
which connects to about 60 airports –please refer to
http://www.euroairport.com <http://www.euroairport.com/>. Once a day,
there is HSR service between Lille (connecting with the Eurostar to/from
the UK), Paris CDG airport and Belfort. Please note that Switzerland has
joined the Schengen Agreement; thus, transiting by this country has
become easier for non-EU citizens.
* Accommodation: various levels of comfort and fares are available in
the city centre, but you should book early. See global booking
websites or visit
http://www.belfort-tourisme.com/fr/sejourner/hotels.php
* Conference fares: from EUR80 (students) to EUR300. Discount price
for ASRDLF, ERSA or RSAI members (160 EUR). ASRDLF membership plus
conference is EUR210. These fares include participants’ material and
lunches. An extra fee will be due for the official dinner.
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Kind regards,
F.D.
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Dr Frederic Dobruszkes
Transport Studies Unit
Oxford University
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Oxford OX1 3QY (UK)
+44 (0)1865 28 55 38
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