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Participating Countries
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Scientific Papers
Speakers
• Specialist academics.
• Intellectuals and writers in the fields of museums, heritage, and tourism.
• Researchers and scholars with an interest in the conference’s themes and topics.
Target audience
• Specialist researchers in history, archaeology, economy, culture and education.
• Specialists in museum administration, tourism and heritage, along with the individuals interested in scientific research in the relevant fields.
• Intellectuals and writers, both from within the Sultanate and abroad.
• Representatives from academic institutions, governmental bodies, and companies.
• Higher education students, especially those studying social and human sciences, from both local and international institutions.
• General members of the public who are interested in such events and are enthusiastic about attending.
Conference Goals
- Highlighting the role of museums, archaeological sites and places in promoting tourism development.
- Raising awareness among community members of the importance of museums in tourism development.
- Studying the reciprocal relationship between institutions concerned with tourism and their role in enhancing museums’ activity.
- Strengthening aspects of cooperation between the Sultanate of Oman's museums and Arab and international museums, as well as reviewing their experiences.
- Strengthening the role of museums in introducing the civilisational and cultural aspects of the Sultanate of Oman.
- Marketing the Sultanate of Oman as a cultural and civilisational country in the Arab region.
- Focusing on the archaeological tourism reality in the Sultanate of Oman and its future.
- Shedding light on the importance of the cultural and educational role of museums in the Sultanate of Oman.
- Focusing on the importance of modern digital technologies in museum display and their role in promoting tourism in the Sultanate of Oman.
Conference Subjects and Agendas
1Museums and Cultural Institutions
• The importance of museums and archaeology, and their role in developing tourism.
• Archaeological missions and their role in researching the cultural and historical depths.
• The laws and regulations of museums, and their role in preserving the national heritage.
• The role of international organisations in protecting museum and heritage components.
• Organisational relations between museums and cultural and tourism institutions.
• Development plans to prepare archaeological and museum sites in the tourism sector.
• Archaeological missions and their role in researching the cultural and historical depths.
• The laws and regulations of museums, and their role in preserving the national heritage.
• The role of international organisations in protecting museum and heritage components.
• Organisational relations between museums and cultural and tourism institutions.
• Development plans to prepare archaeological and museum sites in the tourism sector.
2Economy and museum tourism
• Museum contribution to tourism and economic development.
• The economic outlook of tourism development.
• Financial and human resources and their role in museum tourism.
• The role of travel agencies in promoting tourism and enhancing the role of museums.
• Enhancing the contribution of museums, archaeological and historical sites, and governmental and private cultural institutions to national and individual income.
• Sustainable investment in the museum sector.
• Seasons of tourism, and promotion of museums and archaeology.
• The economic outlook of tourism development.
• Financial and human resources and their role in museum tourism.
• The role of travel agencies in promoting tourism and enhancing the role of museums.
• Enhancing the contribution of museums, archaeological and historical sites, and governmental and private cultural institutions to national and individual income.
• Sustainable investment in the museum sector.
• Seasons of tourism, and promotion of museums and archaeology.
3Cultural and educational role of museums
• Educational curricula and incorporating the importance of museums in education and developing it among student generations.
• Cooperation between museums and educational and academic institutions.
• The role of private museums in tourism and culture.
• Historic and social value of museums in research.
• The role of museums in spreading the culture of tourism and its role in society.
• The role of museums in composing an educational, intellectual content for the individual and society.
• Cooperation between museums and educational and academic institutions.
• The role of private museums in tourism and culture.
• Historic and social value of museums in research.
• The role of museums in spreading the culture of tourism and its role in society.
• The role of museums in composing an educational, intellectual content for the individual and society.
4Digital technologies in museum exhibition and their role in tourism
• Latest technologies and their role in museums.
• International experiences in using technologies in museums and their effects on cultural tourism.
• Use of virtual technology in exhibiting tourist archaeological sites in museums.
• Digital technologies in museums and their role in enhancing the scientific and intellectual aspects.
• Use of artificial intelligence in museum exhibitions.
• International experiences in using technologies in museums and their effects on cultural tourism.
• Use of virtual technology in exhibiting tourist archaeological sites in museums.
• Digital technologies in museums and their role in enhancing the scientific and intellectual aspects.
• Use of artificial intelligence in museum exhibitions.