ISCONTOUR 2026

Call for Participation

13. International Student Conference in Tourism Research 2026

11-12 May 2026

MCI Innsbruck, Austria

We are happy to announce that we will return to beautiful Innsbruck for the 12. ISCONTOUR from 12-13 May 2025.

Therefore, we cordially invite you to submit your research paper to the 13. International Student Conference in Tourism Research.

Research papers are invited from the widest spectrum of the below mentioned topics by students and graduates of Bachelor-, Master and Doctoral Degree programmes. Submitted papers must be based on approved Bachelor- or Master-Theses which were submitted between 2023 and 2025, or evaluated seminar papers handed-in between 2023 and 2025.

Topics to be covered at the conference include but are not limited to:

  • Marketing and Management
  • Destination Management
  • Family Businesses in Tourism
  • Tourism Product Development & Sustainability
  • Information and Communication Technologies
  • Financing and Budgeting
  • Human Resource Management

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ISCONTOUR offers students and graduates a unique platform to present their research and to establish a mutual knowledge transfer and networking forum for attendees from academia, industry, government and other organisations.

The targeted audiences include international students, graduates, teachers and lecturers from the field of tourism and leisure management as well as practitioners and anyone interested in tourism and travel.

Important Dates:

  • Paper submission deadline: 8 January 2026
  • Reviewers’ feedback: by 29 January 2026
  • Submission date for revised paper: 28 February 2026
  • Early bird conference registration closes: 10 April 2026
  • Conference registration closes: 10 May 2026
  • Conference dates: 11-12 May 2026

The best three submitted papers in each category will be awarded!

  • Best ISCONTOUR 2026 Research Paper
  • Best ISCONTOUR 2026 ICT-related Research Paper (sponsored by incert)

The awardees of the best three research papers will be rewarded during the conference.


Paper Submission Guidelines

Papers must comprise 12 pages and should be innovative in order to advance the body of knowledge of the related fields. All submissions will be evaluated for novelty, significance and soundness by an international scientific review committee. The Conference Proceedings (in print) will include all accepted papers.

For the paper submission please follow the Author Guidelines carefully.