09.06.2026, 14:00 Uhr - 15:00 Uhr

Methods Matter: Who Owns the Future of Tourism Communities? Design and Foresight for Transformation

Tourism communities are no longer best understood as homogeneous groups of local participation, but as dynamic and contested spaces shaped by multiple actors, inequalities, and global disruptions. In this panel, tourism experts explore how foresight and futures thinking can help rethink the role of communities in an era of uncertainty, digital platforms, and climate-driven change.

The chair of tourism / center for entrepreneurship proudly welcomes an international tourism panel at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

•Dr. Jasper Heslinga, European Tourism Futures Institute (ETFI), NHL Stenden University, Netherlands

•Prof. Vanda Maráková, Matej Bel University Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

•Marit Piirman, University of Tartu (Pärnu College), Estonia

•Prof. Harald Pechlaner, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany

•Moderator: Prof. Hannes Thees, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany

? Who governs tourism futures?

? What changes when we think tourism through futures and scenarios instead of planning?

Registration is not required.

Tuesday, 09.06.2026 | 14⁰⁰– 15⁰⁰

Zoom: https://kuei.zoom-x.de/j/65049311802?pwd=hoUyvzhDCvsHajuvHpfPvmtqcTfDW6.1

(Meeting-ID: 650 4931 1802, password: 867829)