Track 10 : Tourism–Housing Nexus

Conflicts, Synergies, and Sustainable Pathways for Asia-Pacific Communities Tourism and housing are increasingly intertwined across Asia-Pacific cities and regions. While tourism drives economic opportunity, it also reshapes housing markets, urban infrastructure, and community life. This track invites scholars to critically examine the multiple intersections of tourism and housing — from displacement and gentrification to innovative community-led and regulatory responses — toward more equitable and resilient urban and regional futures. Key areas of contribution include: - Tourism gentrification and social justice — moving beyond Western models to understand place-specific dynamics of displacement, commodification, and heritage transformation in Asian cities, coastal towns, and island destinations. - Financialization and short-term rentals — analysing how global platforms (e.g., Airbnb, Agoda Homes) and tourism capital reconfigure housing access, affordability, and policy responses. - Coupled housing–tourism systems under stress — exploring how climate shocks, pandemics, and economic cycles jointly affect housing security and tourism-dependent economies. - Empirical and policy challenges — investigating regulatory innovations, informal settlements and livelihoods, and infrastructure pressures from tourism accommodation growth. - Innovative strategies and governance — highlighting integrated planning approaches, linkage mechanisms between tourism revenue and housing affordability, and inclusive heritage reuse. - Equity and social sustainability — addressing issues of labor housing, gendered impacts, Indigenous self-determination, and intergenerational access to housing in tourist hotspots. This track seeks both theoretical and empirical research that reimagines the tourism–housing relationship not as a conflict to be managed, but as a critical site for creative, just, and sustainable spatial futures across the Asia-Pacific.