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Invitation to a Conference

''The Experience of Integration - 30 Years of Overseas Vietnamese''

to be held on Wednesday 22 March 2006 at The Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University

You are invited to a free one-day conference organised by London Metropolitan University, the An Viet Foundation and the Vietnamese Professional Society.

The conference celebrates the achievements of the Overseas Vietnamese in the UK, Eastern Europe and America.

for full details and booking form .....

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THE WEDNESDAY SEMINARS IN LEISURE AND TOURISM

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LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

Stapleton House 277-281 Holloway Road, London N7 8HN

All welcome

Semester A 2005/2006

Venue Stapleton House, SH330

Time Wednesdays, 5.30pm-7.00pm

12 October Geoffrey Manyara (University of Wales Institute Cardiff) Community-based tourism enterprises as tools of poverty alleviation in Kenya: a strategic approach to community capacity building

19 October Janet Cochrane (University of Leeds) Grasping reality: co-management initiatives in national parks

26 October Vijay Reddy (University of Exeter) Renewal of tourism in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a post-Tsunami perspective

2 November Edward Borodzicz (University of Portsmouth) Re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic: A reflection on the practical problems of risk management

9 November Peter Taylor (University of Sheffield) Performance measurement for sports facilities

16 November Jeff Jarvis (Monash University) Tourism development in post-communist Estonia

23 November Helen Dewhurst (University of Wolverhampton) Small businesses in the Yorkshire Dales: attitudes to Sustainable Tourism

30 November David Harrison (London Metropolitan University) From cocoa to conservation and tourism in Grande Riviere, Trinidad

Organised by David Harrison Professor of Tourism, Culture & Development International Institute for Culture, Tourism & Development London Metropolitan University (North Campus) d.harrison@londonmet.ac.uk

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Workshop: Academic application of anthropology in multi-disciplinary departments

Workshop on the academic application of anthropology in multi-disciplinary departments, organised by the International Institute for Culture, Tourism and Development (London Metropolitan University), 27th April 2005

An earthquake off the northwest coast of Sumatra caused the tsunami of 26 December. This was the largest tidal wave in this region for the last 200 years and it has brought devastation to thousands of miles of coastline in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. There was intense media coverage of the catastrophe, as the magnitude of the disaster became known. The total number of people dead may never be known for sure and estimates vary between 150,000 and 250,000. In addition to the loss of life, there has been harm done to peoples' livelihoods and relief efforts are now starting to focus on recovery strategies. The UK's largest research centre on tourism at London Metropolitan University is hosting a conference on one of the Indian Ocean's most important industries. The conference examines not only how this tourism may be re-built and jobs restored, but also raises questions about what tourism can do to help. It also asks whether any lessons can be learned from the tsunami disaster for the way coastal tourism is developed in the future. The conference will also analyse how tourism has been factored into the needs assessments of the various aid agencies, notably the World Bank and EuropeAid.

Date: Wednesday, 4th May 2005, 2 to 7pm

Venue: The Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB