Registration is OPEN

Registration is now open for the International Symposium on Tourism, Communication and Translation : Constructing tourism narratives: Interdisciplinary perspectives on tourism communication as mediation.

Date and place: 3^rd & 4^th September 2026 - University of Birmingham.

This symposium brings together researchers working at the intersection of tourism, language, and communication to explore how meaning, identity and experience are shaped across cultures.

Topics:

• Linguistics and translation

  • Tourism discourse as mediation and meaning-making

  • Lexical, pragmatic, and multimodal features of tourism communication

  • Translation strategies and challenges in tourism texts

  • Intercultural communication and framing of local identities

  • Accessibility and inclusive tourism communication

  Marketing, tourism, and communication studies

  • Destination branding and narrative construction, making places and worlds

  • Strategic communication and storytelling for attraction

  • Discourse of social media, influencers, and digital tourism promotion

  • The language of user-generated content and its impact on destination image

  • Customer experience as multi-sensory communication

Keynote speakers

• Elena Manca (Università del Salento, Italy)

• Mihalis Kavaratzis (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

More information: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/international-symposium-on-tourism-communication-and-translation