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Research builds bridges and these papers showed just how many forms those bridges can take.

During the Closing Ceremony of EATSA2026 Poland, we celebrated the recipients of this year’s Best Paper Awards:

🏆 Best Paper Award
Tamara Ratz, Kodolanyi Janos University, Hungary

🏆 Best Paper Award for the Emerging Researcher
Eszter Csontó (Schmutz), University of Pannonia, Hungary

🏆 Best Student Paper — ex aequo
Marta Kierek, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Poland
Norbert Szczerba, Jagiellonian University, Poland

Our warmest congratulations to all four winners! Your creativity, curiosity and commitment to tourism research embody the spirit of EATSA and its mission to connect scholars, ideas and perspectives across borders.

Discover the winning papers and learn more about their authors:
https://eatsaresearchers.org/2026/07/14/best-paper-awards-of-the-eatsa2016-poland-conference/

Congratulations once again—and keep building bridges through research!

EATSA2026 Poland Conference: Best Paper Awards During the Closing Ceremony of the 12th Annual EATSA Conference, the Best Paper Awards were announced. Best Paper Award Tamara Ratz, Kodolányi János University, HungaryFrom Checklists to Connection…

Dear EATSA friends, what a wonderful Poznań–Kraków EATSA journey it was!

For five inspiring days, EATSA2026 Poland brought together 101 participants for 55 presentations, including six keynote lectures, as well as interactive workshops, art exhibitions and performances, Tourism Café Labs, cultural visits and many warm moments shared within the EATSA family.

Under the theme Bridges over Borders: Tourism in an Accelerating World, we exchanged ideas, crossed disciplinary and cultural boundaries, strengthened old friendships and created many new ones. Once again, the conference reminded us that EATSA is built on openness, creativity and friendship. WE ARE THE BRIDGE.

Read the full conference report and revisit the highlights:
https://eatsaresearchers.org/2026/07/07/conference-report-eatsa2026-poland/

Our special thanks go to our local hosts, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu and Uniwersytet Jagielloński, for all their efforts in creating an unforgettable conference and such a wonderful, family-like atmosphere.

See you in Seoul for EATSA2027 Asia! 🇰🇷

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Poznań section of the conference is supported by funds granted by the Minister of Science of the Republic of Poland under the „Regional Initiative for Excellence” Programme for the implementation of the project “The Poznań University of Economics and Business for Economy 5.0: Regional Initiative – Global Effects (RIGE)”.

The Close Encounters of the Third Gaze by Desmond Wee and Stealing the Art incident

Cooperation with EXPLORERS
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Big news from Kraków! 🎉 On 2 July, during the EATSA General Assembly, our members elected a new Board of Directors for the next three years.

A heartfelt thank you to Kevser Cinar, Madhuri Sawant, and Piotr Zmyślony for everything they gave to EATSA as President and Vice Presidents over the past term - it didn't go unnoticed.

And a warm welcome (well, in Piotr's case - welcome back, just one seat higher! 😄) to our new Board: Piotr Zmyślony as President, with Gyurácz-Németh Petra and Mona ES as Vice Presidents. Wishing you all a great two years ahead!

We also had a great moment during the GA: the proposal for the next EATSA conference, presented by Prof. Seul Ki Lee and Prof. Young-joo Ahn, was put to a vote and approved. More soon!

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Final countdown. 🕐

Just 2 days until the abstract deadline for EATSA 2026 - don't miss it!

Whether you're sharing new research, looking to publish, or simply want to spend a summer week with the best minds in tourism studies, Poznań and Kraków are waiting for you.

Submit now, secure your spot, and we'll take care of the rest - including a coach ride between two of Poland's most beautiful cities. 🚌

⏰ Deadline: 31 May 2026
👉 eatsaresearchers.org/eatsa-2026-poland

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Poznań section of the conference is supported by funds granted by the Minister of Science of the Republic of Poland under the „Regional Initiative for Excellence” Programme for the implementation of the project “The Poznań University of Economics and Business for Economy 5.0: Regional Initiative – Global Effects (RIGE)”.

Keynote announcement: Prof. Richard Robinson at EATSA 2026 in Kraków!

Before becoming an academic, Prof. Robinson spent nearly twenty years working as a chef. That experience now drives his research into tourism, hospitality, and the service industries - particularly the people who make them work.

His keynote - "Tourism, Labour and Mobilities: Bridges, Borders, or Barriers?" - will ask hard questions about how workers move through tourism systems, and what gets in the way.
He's currently a Vice Chancellor Fellow at Northumbria University (UK) and joins us as part of a strong keynote lineup for this year's "Bridges over Borders" programme.

📅 June 29 – July 3, 2026 | Poznań & Kraków
👉 https://eatsaresearchers.org/eatsa-2026-poland/

Did you know you can join EATSA 2026 for just one city? 🎟️

Can't make the full Poznań–Kraków journey? No problem.

The One-City Ticket is exactly what it sounds like - you pick one city, join for that part of the programme, and still get the full EATSA experience: sessions, keynotes, and the people that make this conference worth attending.

And at €225–€275, it's one of the most accessible ways to get your research in front of an international audience.

Perfect if you're a PhD student on a budget, a local researcher joining for a day, or simply dipping your toes into the EATSA community for the first time. 👋

⏰ Reminder: abstract deadline is 31 May — in 10 days!
👉 eatsaresearchers.org/eatsa-2026-poland

Masz badania do pokazania światu? EATSA 2026 pomoże Ci je opublikować.

Znamy to uczucie - włożyłeś/aś w to pracę, a teraz chcesz, żeby trafiła do właściwych czasopism i dotarła do właściwych czytelników.

Właśnie dlatego EATSA 2026 nawiązała współpracę z 10 czasopismami naukowymi z zakresu turystyki, hotelarstwa, geografii i zarządzania. Złóż artykuł, przejdź przez recenzję i, jeśli praca się wyróżni, zostanie ona zarekomendowana do czasopism o realnym wpływie: IF do 3,9, ranking Scimago Q1 oraz do 100 punktów MNiSW.

Bez względu na to, czy prezentujesz po raz pierwszy, czy jesteś doświadczonym badaczem, konferencja ta jest tego warta.

📅 Termin: 31 maja 2026
📍 Poznań (29-30 czerwca) → Kraków (2-3 lipca)
🔗 Szczegóły i rejestracja: eatsaresearchers.org/eatsa-2026-poland

EATSA 2026 keynote speaker announcement!

We're excited to share that Prof. Ewa Mińska-Struzik (Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu / Poznan University of Economics and Business) will be speaking at EATSA 2026, taking place right here in Poznań.

Her talk will explore one of the most interesting questions in tourism research today: Can tourism exist without travel? She'll look at how virtual tours and remote guiding fit into global trade frameworks - and what that means for how we think about tourism in a digital world.

It's the kind of talk that makes you rethink assumptions you didn't even know you had.

See you in Poznań! 👉 https://eatsaresearchers.org/eatsa-2026-poland/