The Effect of Cultural Tourism Experiences on the Attitudes and Behaviour of Young Travellers

Current Research Projects: Dr Julie Wilson

CIUTAT	CIUTAT: Tourism, Culture and the Production of Urban Space: Changing Images, Shifting Meanings? Generalitat de Catalunya / The British Academy (Click HERE for the CIUTAT project website)
	IBERTUR: International Co-operation in the Field of Cultural Tourism Education with (with M. Casado-Diaz, J. Juan Tresserras and plus European and Latin American partner countries) EU ALFA Programme
	The Effect of Cultural Tourism Experiences on the Attitudes and Behaviour of Young Travellers (with G. Richards) International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC) and the Association of Leisure and Tourism Education (ATLAS)
	The Social Construction of Backpacker Travel Royal Geographical Society / HSBC Holdings, the Royal Society Dudley Stamp Memorial Trust and UWE Centre for Environment and Planning
	The Impact of Cultural Events on City Image (in collaboration with Tilburg University and Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands British Council Netherlands and the NWO / UK-Netherlands Partnership Programme in Science
	The Global Nomad: A Transnational Research Programme on Backpacker Travel (with G. Richards and the ATLAS Backpacker Research Group, for the International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC) and the Association of Leisure and Tourism Education (ATLAS)).

Since joining the Centre for Environment and Planning in 2000, collaborations on major projects include:

Marine Ecotourism for the Atlantic Area (META-) (EU Interreg IIc Atlantic Area);

International Cultural Co-operation at EU level (project by Fundació Interarts for the European Commission);

Visionary and Vibrant Actions through Local Transport Demonstration Initiatives (VIVALDI) (EU V Framework; Competitive and Sustainable Growth);

Participation, Leadership, and Urban Sustainability (PLUS) (EU V Framework; City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage).