On behalf of the IGU Commission on Tourism, Leisure & Global Change, the Geographical Society of China Commission on Tourism Geography and Nanjing University, we sincerely invite you to participate in the International Geographical Union Pre-Congress Conference, to be held in Nanjing & Suzhou, P.R, China on August 15-18, 2016.

The theme of the IGU Pre-Congress is Geography and Planning: Creating a New Tourism Landscape. Through this, the conference aims to identify practical solutions, chart new directions, and create opportunities for sustainable tourism development in these special environments. Therefore, we encourage the submission of papers that explore ‘missing thinking’ in tourism geography. In addition, a variety of excursions in Nanjing & Suzhou will be organized so as to provide participants a chance to appreciate the cultural history and natural scenery of China.