ICTR Practical Information

Registered participants will receive specific joining instructions two weeks before the conference. In the meantime, we hope you find the following, more general, ICTR Practical Information helpful.


Conference Location

JAMK University of Applied Science
Jyväskylä, Finland


University Information

The University of Jyväskylä is a nationally and internationally significant research university and an expert on education that focuses on human and natural sciences. The University is Finland’s leading expert in teacher education and adult education, as well as the major exporter of education. The University combines high-level competence in education, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, and sport and health sciences, as well as in economics and business administration, into a multidisciplinary entity. The University focuses Cyber security, one of University’s profiling areas.

Local Information

The Jyväskylä Region is known for its splendid nature, including its four national parks and 3700 lakes. This area also known as the Sauna Region attracts visitors with its unique events and its lively tourism centres. Alvar Aalto’s architecture and the two UNESCO heritage sites will provide unforgettable experiences for the tourists.

https://visitjyvaskyla.fi/en/

Getting to ICTR

There are international flights into Helsinki and some European into Jyväskylä. Helsinki is approximately 168.7 miles/269.7 km from Jyväskylä.

4 ways to travel from Helsinki to Jyväskylä:
Train
- 3h 15min https://www.vr.fi/en/ , Bus: 3h 30min https://www.onnibus.com/home , Drive 168.7 miles, Fly: 50 minutes https://www.skyscanner.net/

There is public transport from Jyväskylä airport to the university.

Airports:
Airport Jyväskylä: Distance to Jyväskylä, 24 km, https://www.finavia.fi/en/airports/jyvaskyla

Airport Helsinki: https://www.finavia.fi/en/airports/helsinki-airport

Train:
https://www.vr.fi/en

Bus:
https://www.matkahuolto.fi/en

Uber is available alongside taxi services.

Jyväskylä Airport to hotel Alba and Agora by taxi https://jytaksi.fi/en/ or uber

Jyväskylä Airport to downtown:  by taxi JYTAKSI: https://jytaksi.fi/en/ or uber

Conference Accommodation

Suggested local hotels can be seen in the table below. The main conference hotel will be highlighted in green.

This is usually the most convenient to the conference venue and is usually where pre-conference drinks are held.

 

Key Locations

Key locations for the 8th European Conference on Tourism Research - ICTR 2025 Jyväskylä, Finland, are shown on this google map:

Virtual Presentations

There is an option to present your work virtually. Virtual presentations will take place on Zoom, details of the virtual room links will be sent close to the conference date. There will be a check-in session to test your zoom connection prior to the conference. Virtual Participants will have access to the keynotes and all of the virtual presentations.