is an internationally acclaimed association in the field of tourism.
A conference is held annually and a journal is published quarter-annually. Its quality research papers are distributed all over the world.
The purposes of APTA are to further facilitate quality tourism research
especially in the Asia-Pacific area, to share research achievements
and to exchange ideas between academics and their counterparts in the
business world.
The idea of the association was first initiated by Dr. Hai-Sik Sohn,
professor emeritus of Dong-A University, Korea with recognized tourism scholars
in Asia Pacific region. The association is comprised of seventeen Asia Pacific
countries and regions including Australia, Canada, China, Macao, Guam, Hong Kong,
India, Japan, Korea, Malasia, New Zealand, Phillippines, Singapore, Taiwan,
Thailand and the USA. The inaugural conference of the APTA was held in Busan, Korea on
September 21-24, 1995. The annual APTA conference has been held now for over a decade
and established itself as one of the most important tourism conference in the region.
Upcoming
Conference
2010 16th APTA Annual Conference - Macao S.A.R., China
Recent Conference
2009 15th APTA Annual Conference - Incheon, Korea
2008 14th APTA Annual Conference - Bangkok, Thailand
Past Conference
2007 13th APTA Annual Conference - Beijing, China
2006 12th APTA Annual Conference - Haulien, Taiwan
2005 11th APTA Annual Conference - Goyang, Korea
2004 10th APTA Annual
Conference - Nagasaki, Japan
2003 9th APTA Annual
Conference - Sydney, Australia
2002 8th APTA Annual
Conference - Dailian, China
2001 7th APTA Annual
Conference - Manila, Phillippines
2000 6th APTA Annual
Conference - Phuket, Thailand
1999 5th APTA Annual
Conference - Hong Kong
1998 4th APTA Annual
Conference - Tandyang, Korea
1997 3th APTA Annual
Conference - Taipei, Taiwan
1996 2th APTA Annual
Conference - Townsville, Australia
1995 1th APTA Annual
Conference - Pusan, Korea