Presentations at
conferences and meetings
(since 2011)
[updated July 24., ., 2023]
2023
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Plzakova,
L., Smeral, E., “Pandemic, war and energy price crises: an analytical
perspective about system-wide shocks”, 55th TRC conference, Gdansk,
Poland, April 20th- 23rd, 2023.
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Plzakova,
L., Smeral, E., “Pandemic, war and energy price crises: analysis, cost
estimation and recommendations for policy”, 12th annual professional conference,
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE on the topic Regional
Development as part of Europe‘s Sustainable Transformation, The Masaryk
Institute of Advanced Studies of the Czech Technical University, Prague June 1st
2023.
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Plzakova,
L., Smeral, E., “Socio-economic resilience and tourism: a structural perspective by regions and
countries”, 72nd
AIEST conference, Madrid, Spain, August 27-30, 2023.
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Plzakova,
L., Smeral, E. “Socio-economic resilience and tourism”, Conference of the Center for Austrian Studies: European Tourism Research in
the Age of Sustainability and Technology, September 6, 2023, Modul University, Vienna, Austria.
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2022
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Smeral, E. “Impact of the
COVID-19 Pandemic on the Economic and Tourism Development in Europe’s Regions
and Countries”, Conference about the Impact of the COVID19 Pandemic, Masaryk
Institute of Advanced Studies, CTU in Prague; Prague, May 19, 2022.
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Plzakova, L., Smeral, E., “Forecasting
Outbound Travel after Two Years of COVID-19 Crisis”, Academy Conference, May
30-June 3, 2022, Leuven, Belgium
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Smeral, E. Socio-economic
Resilience to Shocks and Tourism: A Structural View, 8th IATE
conference, June 28-July 1, 2022, Perpignan, France.
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Ulrich Gunter, Egon Smeral, Bozana
Zekan, “Forecasting tourism in the EU after the
COVID-19 crisis”, AIEST conference, August 28-31, 2022, Cologne, Germany.
2021
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Plzakova, L., Smeral, E., “Forecasting
European tourism after the COVID-19 crisis, 7th international
conference on time series and forecasting (ITISE 2021), Gran Canaria, Spain, July 2021.
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Plzakova, L., Smeral, E., “Impact of the COVID-19
crisis on European tourism”, 70th Jubilee conference of AIEST, Lucerne,
Switzerland, August/September 2021.
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Smeral, E., “Guidelines for writing a scientific
paper”, contribution to the PhD-Workshop, 70th
Jubilee conference of AIEST, Lucerne, Switzerland, August/September 2021.
2019
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Smeral, E., “Forecasting performance of seasonal
tourism demand models”, 54rd TRC-Meeting, Palma di Majorca, Spain,
April 4 – 7, 2019.
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Smeral, E., “Evaluating the scientific value of
Econometric Tourism Demand Studies: Some further insights”, conference contribution,
16th Biennal Academy Conference of the
International Academy for the Study of Tourism, Bali, Indonesia, May 7-11, 2019.
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Smeral, E., “Forecasting performance of seasonal
tourism market share models in the EU-15” , conference contribution, 39th
International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF), Thessaloniki, Greece, June 16-19,
2019.
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Smeral, E., “Statistical significance versus
substantive significance: a critical evaluation of econometric tourism demand
studies”, conference contribution 69th AIEST conference, Varna,
Bulgaria, August 25-29, 2019.
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Smeral, E., “Guidelines for writing a scientific
paper”, contribution to the PhD-Workshop, 69th AIEST conference,
Varna, Bulgaria, August 25-29, 2019.
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2018
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Smeral, E., “Overcrowding of tourism destinations-
some suggestions for a solution,
conference contribution, 53rd TRC-Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden,
May 3 – 6, 2018.
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Smeral, E., “Seasonal forecasting performance
considering varying income elasticities in tourism demand”, conference
contribution 68th AIEST conference, Treviso, Italy, August 26-30,
2018.
2017
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Smeral, E., “Variations in Seasonal Tourism
Behavior Across the Business cycles,
conference contribution, 52nd TRC-Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal,
March 30st – April 2nd, 2017.
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Smeral, E., “Substantive versus Statistical
Significance: Contradiction or Co-Existence in Tourism Demand Studies”,
conference contribution, 15th Biennal
Academy Conference of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism, May
21-26, Guangzhou, China.
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Smeral, E., “Variations in seasonal asymmetric
behavior across the business cycles”, conference contribution, 6th
conference of the International Association for Tourism Economics (IATE), June
21-23, Rimini, Italy.
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Smeral, E., “Combining Tourism Forecasts: A better
way to minimize forecasting errors”, conference contribution, 67th
AIEST conference, September 3-7, Tbilisi, Georgia.
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Smeral, E., “Tourism as a research field of
Economics – further developments”, conference contribution – key note, Trends, Prospects and Implications for
Enterprises and Destinations, October 19-21, 2017, Santorini,
Greece.
2016
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Smeral, E., "Tourism Forecasting
Performance" – Considering the Instability of Demand Elasticities,
conference Contribution• 50st Meeting of the Tourist Research Centre
(TRC), Helsinki, Finland, 31st- 3rd April 2016.
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Gunter, U., Smeral, E., “European Tourism in Times
of Economic Stagnation”, conference contribution, 36th International
Symposium on Forecasting (ISF), Santander, Spain, June 19-22, 2016.
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Smeral, E., “Forecasting Performance and Varying
Demand Elasticities” , conference contribution, 36th International
Symposium on Forecasting (ISF), Santander, Spain, June 19-22, 2016.
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Smeral, E., “Economic Stagnation and Tourism Demand
in the European Union”, conference contribution, 66th AIEST-
conference, Malta, August 28th-Sepember 1st, 2016.
2015
·
Smeral, E. • "Challenges of the hotel and restaurant
industry: productivity and seasonality" • 50th Meeting of the
Tourist Research Centre (TRC) • Lyon, France • 26-29 March 2015
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Gunter, U., Smeral, E. • "Declinig
tourism income elasticities in a macro-economic context" • Biennal Conference of International Academy for the Study of
Tourism (IAST) • Rhodes, Greece • 24-29 May 2015
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Lohmann, M., Pechlaner,
H., Smeral, E. • "Österreich-Tourismus auf dem Weg in die Zukunft" •
Bericht des Expertenbeirats "Tourismusstrategie" • Krems • 28 May
2015
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Smeral, E., "The future of tourism: luxury or
necessity" (Key Note) • The 15th International Institute of
Forecasters Sponsored Workshop • Hong Kong • 29 June 2015
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Smeral, E., "Questioning the stability of
tourism income elasticities: a critical perspective" (Key Note), 5th
Conference of the International Association for Tourism Economics (IATE), Hong
Kong, June 30-July 3, 2015
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Önder, I.,
Smeral, E. • "Comparison of forecasting accuracy in city tourism using
different models" • 5th Conference of the International
Association for Tourism Economics (IATE) • Hong Kong • 30 June-3 July 2015
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Smeral, E. • "Assessing the economic impact of
tourism related temporary events: a critical comparison of different evaluation
methods" • 65th AIEST conference • Lijiang, Yunnan, China •
23-27 August 2015
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Hallmann, K, Smeral, E., Zehrer,
A., Breuer, Ch. • "The
competitiveness of ski destinations: exploring subjective versus objective
measurement" • 65th AIEST conference • Lijiang, Yunnan, China • 23-27 August
2015
2014
·
Smeral, E. • "The Application of the TSA in a
Regional Context: The Case of Upper Austria" • conference contribution •
13th Global Forum on Tourism Statistics, co-organized by OECD and
Eurostat • Nara, Japan • 17-18 Nov. 2014
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Smeral, E. • "The Productivity Gap in Tourism:
Hypotheses, Facts and Figures" • lecture • Workshop, University of Surrey
• Surrey, UK • 26 Sept. 2014
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Smeral, E. • "Urban Tourism as a Growth
Engine: A Long-Term Perspective" • conference contribution • 64th
AIEST-Conference • Plzen, Czech Republic • 24-28 Aug. 2014
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Gunter, U., Smeral, E. • "Varying Demand
Elasticities in a Global Context: The Influence of Different Medium-Term Growth
Periods and Seasonality" • conference contribution • 34th
International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF) • Rotterdam, Netherlands •
June/July 2014
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Song, H., Smeral, E. • "Varying Tourism Demand
Elasticities and Forecasting Performance" • lecture • IWS-Workshop •
Salzburg, Austria • June 2014
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Smeral, E. • "Growth Factors of City
Tourism" • conference contribution • 7th World Conference for
Graduate Research • Istanbul, Turkey • June 2014
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Lohmann, M., Pechlaner,
H., Smeral, E., Wöber, K. • "Österreich
Tourismus vor Weichenstellung: Stagnation oder Wachstum?" • lecture
• Bericht des Expertenbeirats
"Tourismusstrategie" • Bad Tatzmannsdorf, Austria • 8 May 2014
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Smeral, E. • "Tourism as a Research Field of
Economics" • conference contribution • 49th TRC-Meeting •
Innsbruck, Austria • 10-13 April 2014
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Smeral, E. • "Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung
Europas und Auswirkungen auf den Tourismus" • lecture
• Österreich Werbung • Vienna, Austria • Feb. 2014
2013
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Smeral, E., Song, H. • "Varying Elasticities
and Forecasting Performance" • conference contribution • 63rd AIEST-Conference • Izmir,
Turkey • 25-29 August 2013
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Önder, I.,
Smeral, E. • "Comparison of Univariate Time Series Forecasting Methods to
Predict Tourism Demand in Vienna" • conference contribution • 4th
Conference of the International Association for Tourism Economics (IATE) •
Ljubljana, Slovenia • 1-4 July 2013
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Smeral, E. • "Forecasting City Tourism" •
conference contribution • 33rd International Symposium on
Forecasting (ISF) 2013 • Seoul, Korea • 23-26 June 2013
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Smeral, E. • "Austria's Tourism in 2025: The
Shift to Urbanized Agglomerations" • conference contribution • 13th
Biennial Conference of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism
(IAST) • Olhao/Algarve, Portugal • 2-7 June 2013
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Smeral, E. • "Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung
Europas und Auswirkungen auf den Tourismus" • lecture
• Österreich Werbung • Vienna, Austria • 29 May 2013
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Lohmann, M., Müller, H., Pechlaner,
H., Smeral, E., Wöber, K. • "Österreich
Tourismus gewinnt an Boden" • lecture • Bericht
des Expertenbeirats "Tourismusstrategie" • Bregenz, Austria • 25
April 2013
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Smeral, E. • "Forecasting City Tourism: The
Case of Vienna" • conference contribution • 48th TRC-Meeting •
Athens, Greece • 21-24 March 2013
2012
·
Smeral, E. • "Strategien zur Verminderung der
Umwelteinflüsse des Tourismus" • conference contribution • 16. Kolloquium der DGT
• Berlin, Germany • 29 November-1 December 2012
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Smeral, E. • "Forecasting International
Tourism with Due Regard to Asymmetric Income Effects" • conference
contribution • 62nd Conference of the International Association of
Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST) • Khon Kaen, Thailand • 6-30 August 2012
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Smeral, E., Song, H. • "Time Varying
Elasticities and Forecasting Performance • conference contribution • 32nd
International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF) • Boston, MA, USA • 24-27 June
2012
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Lohmann, M., Müller, H., Pechlaner,
H., Smeral, E., Wöber, K. • "Österreich
Tourismus – Überwindung der Stagnation: Chancen und Wege" • lecture • Bericht des Expertenbeirats
"Tourismusstrategie" • Schladming, Austria • 26 April 2012
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Smeral, E. • "Forecasting Hotel Prices in
Vienna: A Short-Term Approach" • conference contribution • 47th
TRC-Meeting • Bern, Switzerland • 29 April-1 May 2012
2011
·
Smeral, E. • "Österreich-Tourismus – Zurück
zum Wachstumskurs" • lecture • 15th Colloquium of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Tourismuswissenschaften (DGT), Tourismus 2020 + Interdisziplinär • Innsbruck,
Austria • Dec. 2011
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Smeral, E. • "Österreich Tourismus – Zurück
zum Wachstumskurs: Chancen und Herausforderungen" • lecture
• Bericht des Expertenbeirats "Tourismusstrategie" • Innsbruck,
Austria • 2 December 2011
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Smeral, E. • "Spannungsfeld: Konjunktur und
Tourismus" • lecture • Marketingbeirat der
Österreich Werbung • Vienna, Austria • 17 November 2011
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Smeral, E. • "Public Financing of Tourism Organisations: A Conceptual Approach" • conference
contribution • 61st Conference of the International Association of Scientific
Experts in Tourism (AIEST) • Barcelona, Spain • 28 August-1 September 2011
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Smeral, E. • "Österreich Tourismus – Zurück
zum Wachstumskurs: Chancen und Herausforderungen" • lecture
• Bericht des Expertenbeirats "Tourismusstrategie" • Graz, Austria •
29 June 2011
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Smeral, E., Song, H., Wu, D. • "Tourism
Forecasting: Accuracy of Econometric Models Forecasting the Recession
2009" • conference contribution • 31st International Symposium
on Forecasting (ISF) • Prague, Czech Republic • 26-29 June 2011
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Smeral, E. • "Long-Term Tourism Growth:
Stylized Facts and their Theoretical Implications" • lecture • Chiayi,
Taiwan • 5-11 June 2011
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Smeral, E. • "International Tourism Demand and
the Business Cycle: The Symmetry Assumption Revisited" • conference
contribution • 46th TRC Meeting • Bodrum,
Turkey • 7-10 April 2011
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Lohmann, M., Müller, H., Pechlaner,
H., Smeral, E., Wöber, K. • "Österreich
Tourismus – Zurück zum Wachstumskurs: Chancen und Herausforderungen" • lecture • Bericht des Expertenbeirats
"Tourismusstrategie" • Linz, Austria • 1 April 2011
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Smeral, E., Wüger, M. •
"Methods for Measuring the Effects of the EU Presidency on Tourism" •
lecture • Vilnius, Lithuania • March 2011