Dear Sir / Madam,

This email serves as an invitation for you to participate in the '4th International Conference on Tourism Research' that will be held on 9-11 December 2014 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. 4ICTR, as it is known, is an indexed conference whereas selected case studies and research papers presented in this conference will be published in SHS Web of Conferences which is indexed by Thomson Reuters (Web of Science). With respect to that circumstance, we have received more than 100 articles to be presented in this 3-day programme. A number of participants from South Korea, Japan, South Africa, Australia, India, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, United Kingdom and United States of America have confirmed their attendances. In fact, there are also presenters from Russia, Brazil, Germany, Jordan and Czech Republic who keen to attend this beneficial conference.

Basically, we will close the acceptance of full papers by 1st September 2014. Submitted full papers after that date will only be included in conference proceedings. Currently, we are looking forward to receive and open this conference for normal attendees (non-presenters) only. We believe that this academic conference will give novel input and enhance your knowledge in tourism and hospitality realms. For more information regarding this conference, you may refer to the enclosed documents or surf our official website, www.4ictr.org. For international participants, a charge of RM 1,350.00 (general) or RM 950.00 (student) will be imposed while for Malaysians, they have to pay RM 1,100.00 (general) or RM 750.00

(student) to join this programme. Registration fees include F&B (coffee/tea break and lunch during conference), '4ICTR Conference Kit' and '1-Day Excursion to Kinabalu Park to celebrate International Mountain Day'

only.

If you are interested to join this conference, kindly fill-up the registration form attached and make the payment accordingly since the deadline for registration is on 15 September 2014. Thus, we urge you to consider this golden opportunity to widen your network among academicians, industry players and policymakers. It is a hope if could assist us to disseminate this latest information to your own network.

Indeed, we wish to meet you in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah this coming December during 4ICTR. Your cooperation and solicitude towards this matter are highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Warmest regards,

Tania Maria Tangit

Joint-Chair

| 4th International Conference on Tourism Research (4ICTR) in

| conjunction

with International Mountain Day | Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian-Borneo |

9-11 December 2014 |