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ABOUT THE LOMBOK 2015 CONFERENCE
Conference Organizers
This conference buildings on the first Sustainable Tourism Symposium organized by the University of Mataram (UNRAM) in July 2014 to initiate the expansion of tourism studies on the island of Lombok, Indonesia.  It is also the eighth in the Tourism Outlook Conference series, organized by the Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia, and follows a very successful conference in Sri Lanka in August 2014. The conference also incorporates the fourth conference in the Tropical Coastal and Island Tourism series, sponsored by Northern Arizona University and the International Geographical Union's Tourism Commission. 

The theme of the Lombok conference is Balancing Development and Sustainability in Tourism Destinations and focuses on the challenge of growth and conservation in communities seeking a better future that includes tourism .  The island of Lombok, Indonesia, with its diversity of natural environments and social  contexts, provides an ideal venue to address these issues.

Conference Organizers and Sponsors
  • University of Mataram (UNRAM), Faculty of Economics, Indonesia
  • Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam (UiTM), Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management, Malaysia
  • Northern Arizona University (NAU), Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation, USA
  • James Cook University, Australia and Singapore (JCU), School of Business
  • International Geographical Union (IGU), Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change
  • Tourism Geographies journal (TG), Routledge, UK
  • Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (past conference organizer
POTENTIAL CONFERENCE SPONSORS ARE WELCOME

Please express your interest by contacting any of the Conference Secretariat members, or info.conference2015@gmail.com
Conference Secretariat

    Imanuella Andilolo, M.Sc., UNRAM
    Norliza Aminudin, Ph.D., UiTM
    Alan A. Lew, Ph.D., NAU and TG and IGU
    Norain Othman, Ph.D., UiTM
    Akhmad Saufi, Ph.D., UNRAM
    Abhishek Bhati,  Ph.D., JCU

Scientific Committee

    Akhmad Saufi, University of Mataram, Indonesia
    Alan A. Lew, Northern Arizona University, USA
    Athula Gnanapala, Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka
    Chandana P. Udwatta, Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka
    Dieter Mueller, University of Umea, Sweden
    Imanuella Andilolo, University of Mataram, Indonesia
    Iraj Ratnayake, Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka
    Jenny Panchal, James Cook University, Singapore
    Mohamad Abdullah Hemdi, Dean, UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia
    M.S.M. Aslam, Sabaragamuwa University, Sri Lanka
    Norliza Aminudin, UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia
    Norain Othman, UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia
    Thirumaran Kailasa , James Cook University, Singapore
All website photos are by Imanuella Andilolo and Alan A. Lew
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