The Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, announces a VACANCY for the scientific position of ‘Scientific Associate’ in the scientific field of technical sciences, area of Traffic and Transport Technology (filling of a systematized position) on the scientific project 126-1261689-1690 under the name “Interrelation of tourism, space and transport' . The requirements could be seen here or Euraxess web site.

The Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, announces a VACANCY for the scientific position of one junior researcher (PhD candidate) in the scientific area of Social Sciences, field Sociology on the scientific project 126-0000000-3347 under the name “Measuring the importance of tourism in Croatian economy”. The requirements could be seen here or Euraxess web site.

The Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, announces a VACANCY for the systematized scientific position of  ‘Senior Scientific Associate’ in the social science - field of economics on the scientific project 126-0000000-3347 under the name “Measuring the importance of tourism in Croatian economy”, one researcher. The requirements could be seen here or Euraxess web site.

Journal TOURISM Special issue: Cruise tourism
Call for paper for the special issue of TOURISM dedicated to cruise industry. Edited by prof. Ross A. Klein, an internationally reputed scholar and expert on the cruise ship industry, the aim of the issue is to identify the most important issues related to cruise tourism. For more details see Call for paper.

The Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, announces a VACANCY for the scientific position of ‘Scientific Associate’ in the interdisciplinary scientific field area of economics filling of a vacant systematized position) on the scientific project 126-0000000-3347 under the name “Measuring the importance of tourism in Croatian economy”, one researcher. The requirements could be seen here or Euraxess web site.

The Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, announces a VACANCY for the scientific position of ‘Scientific Associate’ in the interdisciplinary scientific field areas of economics and geography (filling of a vacant systematized position) on the scientific project 126-1261689-1690 under the name “Interrelation of tourism, space and transport”, one researcher. The requirements could be seen here or Euraxess web site.

The forum dedicated to the regional wine tourism development was held in Bol on 18th of April and winemakers from Brač and Hvar attended together with the wine experts/consultants, tourism boards representatives and journalists specialized in wine and food.

The aim of the forum was to foster professional approach to wine tourism product development. After the introduction by dr. sc. Renata Tomljenović, prof. Donald Getz and prof. Steve Charter have talked to the winemakers of Brač and Hvar on how to set up winery as visitor attraction, how to create experience and tailor it to different segments of visitors, how to encourage wine sales to visitors and how to put the region on the wine map of Mediterranean wine tourism destinations.
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The First European Conference on Wine and Food Tourism was held in Volterra, Italy from 13th to 15th of April, 2011. It was organized by the Scoula Superiore Sant’ Anna with support of the Institute for Tourism and Reims School of Management. It was part of the activities of the Mediterranean Wine Tourism Research Group that the Institute has initiated a couple of years ago to foster research related to the wine tourism in our region and encourage international publishing of the results.
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Institute for Tourism announces a vacancy for the scientific position of Senior Adviser in the scientific field of social sciences, areas of economics and  tourism. The requirements could be seen here.

Renata Tomljenović was invited as a keynote speaker at the conference organized by the Center for Tourism, Pilgrimage and Recreation Research, University of Haifa. As the conference’s focus was on Wine Tourism Planning and Development, her presentation was dedicated to the challenges that lay ahead for development of the Mediterranean wine tourism. The conference was attended by more than 500 participants academics, wine producers, winery owners, Tourism, Agriculture and Commerce Ministry delegates and students. The conference took place at the Hechet Auditorium, University of Haifa, December 22-23, 2010.