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Registration Types & Fees 

• General: 1,000 TWD (35 USD)

• Student: 500 TWD (17 USD)

Please note that participation in the academic session is optional. Registration does not require you to present a paper.

All registration types include access to keynote sessions, roundtables, creators talk, academic sessions, and Pier-2 Anime Festival ticket.  

Abstract Submission for Academic Presentation Session

• Abstract’s word count should be about 500 words (excluding references). The abstract should include the purpose of the research, the methods used and the key /expected findings. 

• All research topics that investigate the intersections of popular culture and tourism in the broadest sense are considered. Possible themes include, but are not limited to:

• Film and screen tourism

• Music, festivals, and fan travel

• Gaming, cosplay, and digital culture

• Comics, literature, and transmedia tourism

• Creative cities and rural revitalization

• Fandom, identity, and transcultural flows

• Heritage and popular culture

• Immersive technologies (AR/VR/XR) in tourism

• Comparative or region-specific case studies (including Taiwan, East Asia, and beyond)

• Any geographical settings as research contexts are welcome. Also, we strongly encourage researchers with diverse and multidisciplinary research backgrounds to submit their abstracts.

• The abstract should be submitted via the online conference platform. All submitted abstracts will be peer reviewed by the scientific committee.

• For all abstract submission enquiries, please contact Dr Timo Thelen.

• The submission deadline ended on October 20,  2025.