Presentations at
conferences and meetings
(since 2011)
[updated July 19, 2024]
2024
Plzakova,
L., Smeral, E., “Over-Tourism is back:
Development, measurement, solutions, and evaluation”, 56th TRC
conference, Istanbul, Turkiye, April18-21, 2024.
Smeral,
E. (2024). Over-Tourism is back. Academy Conference, Orlando, Florida, May
14-17, 2024.
Smeral,
E. (2024). COVID-19 pandemic, war and
energy price crises: an econometric assessment of tourism export losses. 44th
International Symposium on Forecasting | Dijon, France
June/July, 2024.
2023
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.
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.
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.
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.
2022
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.
Plzakova, L., Smeral, E.,
“Forecasting Outbound Travel after Two Years of COVID-19 Crisis”, Academy
Conference, May 30-June 3, 2022, Leuven, Belgium
Smeral, E. Socio-economic
Resilience to Shocks and Tourism: A Structural View, 8th IATE
conference, June 28-July 1, 2022, Perpignan, France.
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
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.
Plzakova, L., Smeral, E., “Impact of the COVID-19
crisis on European tourism”, 70th Jubilee conference of AIEST, Lucerne,
Switzerland, August/September 2021.
Smeral, E., “Guidelines for writing a scientific
paper”, contribution to the PhD-Workshop, 70th
Jubilee conference of AIEST, Lucerne, Switzerland, August/September 2021.
2019
Smeral, E., “Forecasting performance of seasonal tourism demand models”,
54rd TRC-Meeting, Palma di Majorca, Spain, April 4 – 7, 2019.
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.
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.
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.
Smeral, E., “Guidelines for writing a scientific paper”, contribution to
the PhD-Workshop, 69th AIEST conference, Varna, Bulgaria, August
25-29, 2019.
2018
Smeral, E., “Overcrowding of tourism destinations- some suggestions for
a solution, conference contribution, 53rd
TRC-Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, May 3 – 6, 2018.
Smeral, E., “Seasonal forecasting performance considering varying income
elasticities in tourism demand”, conference contribution 68th AIEST
conference, Treviso, Italy, August 26-30, 2018.
2017
Smeral, E., “Variations in Seasonal Tourism Behavior Across the Business
cycles, conference contribution, 52nd
TRC-Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, March 30st – April 2nd,
2017.
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.
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.
Smeral, E., “Combining Tourism Forecasts: A better way to minimize
forecasting errors”, conference contribution, 67th AIEST conference,
September 3-7, Tbilisi, Georgia.
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
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.
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.
Smeral, E., “Forecasting Performance and Varying Demand Elasticities” ,
conference contribution, 36th International Symposium on Forecasting
(ISF), Santander, Spain, June 19-22, 2016.
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
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
Lohmann, M., Pechlaner, H., Smeral, E. • "Österreich-Tourismus auf
dem Weg in die Zukunft" • Bericht des Expertenbeirats
"Tourismusstrategie" • Krems • 28 May 2015
Smeral, E., "The future of tourism: luxury or necessity" (Key
Note) • The 15th International Institute of Forecasters Sponsored
Workshop • Hong Kong • 29 June 2015
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
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
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
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
Smeral, E. • "The Productivity Gap in Tourism: Hypotheses, Facts
and Figures" • lecture • Workshop, University of Surrey • Surrey, UK • 26
Sept. 2014
Smeral, E. • "Urban Tourism as a Growth Engine: A Long-Term
Perspective" • conference contribution • 64th AIEST-Conference
• Plzen, Czech Republic • 24-28 Aug. 2014
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
Song, H., Smeral, E. • "Varying Tourism Demand Elasticities and
Forecasting Performance" • lecture • IWS-Workshop • Salzburg, Austria •
June 2014
Smeral, E. • "Growth Factors of City Tourism" • conference
contribution • 7th World Conference for Graduate Research •
Istanbul, Turkey • June 2014
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
Smeral, E. • "Tourism as a Research Field of Economics" •
conference contribution • 49th TRC-Meeting • Innsbruck, Austria •
10-13 April 2014
Smeral, E. • "Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Europas und Auswirkungen
auf den Tourismus" • lecture • Österreich Werbung • Vienna, Austria • Feb.
2014
2013
Smeral, E., Song, H. • "Varying Elasticities and Forecasting
Performance" • conference
contribution • 63rd AIEST-Conference • Izmir, Turkey • 25-29 August
2013
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
Smeral, E. • "Forecasting City Tourism" • conference
contribution • 33rd International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF)
2013 • Seoul, Korea • 23-26 June 2013
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
Smeral, E. • "Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Europas und Auswirkungen
auf den Tourismus" • lecture • Österreich Werbung • Vienna, Austria • 29
May 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
Smeral, E. • "Österreich Tourismus – Zurück zum Wachstumskurs:
Chancen und Herausforderungen" • lecture • Bericht des Expertenbeirats
"Tourismusstrategie" • Innsbruck, Austria • 2 December 2011
Smeral, E. • "Spannungsfeld: Konjunktur und Tourismus" •
lecture • Marketingbeirat der Österreich Werbung • Vienna, Austria • 17
November 2011
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
Smeral, E. • "Österreich Tourismus – Zurück zum Wachstumskurs:
Chancen und Herausforderungen" • lecture • Bericht des Expertenbeirats
"Tourismusstrategie" • Graz, Austria • 29 June 2011
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
Smeral, E. • "Long-Term Tourism Growth: Stylized Facts and their
Theoretical Implications" • lecture • Chiayi, Taiwan • 5-11 June 2011
Smeral, E. • "International Tourism Demand and the Business Cycle:
The Symmetry Assumption Revisited" • conference contribution • 46th
TRC Meeting • Bodrum, Turkey • 7-10 April 2011
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
Smeral, E., Wüger, M. • "Methods for Measuring the Effects of the
EU Presidency on Tourism" • lecture • Vilnius, Lithuania • March 2011