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Un appelà contribution est ouvert pour un panel The Politics and Poetics of Managing Tourism in Sacred Cities au colloque international RGS-IBG 2014, 26-29 août 2014, Royal Geographical Society, Londres.This session aims to bring together a range of papers that examine sacred cities from various theoretical, methodological and practical perspectives, in different historical, cultural and geographical contexts with a focus on tourism management. Submissions can be case study oriented, comparative or conceptual, and may address, but are not be limited to, the following areas: · The history of sacred site management · Challenges, problems and solutions in management of sacred destinations · Modern mass tourism to ancient sacred cities · Modernity, technology and visiting the sacred · Contested spaces in sacred cities · Sustainable development of sacred cities · Commodification in sacred cities · The resilience of sacred cities · The shared characteristics of sacred cities · Patterns of globalization in sacred cities · Spatial patterns of beggars and begging in sacred cities Abstracts (max. 250 words) should be submitted by Sunday 23 February, 2014. For more details, and to submit an abstract, please contact: Dr. Amos S. Ron, Department of Tourism and Leisure Studies, Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon, Israel: amosron@gmail.com; Dr. Daniel H. Olsen, Department of Geography, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada: olsend@brandonu.ca.