Understanding and managing heritage and cultural tourism are crucial for its sustainability. Unfortunately, there is a gap between heritage and tourism, both in theory and praxis level which lead to fragmented heritage and tourism management.

IHTF (International Heritage Tourism Forum), a conference series, offers an opportunity to discuss heritage tourism issue and knowledge among experts, academicians, practitioners, stakeholders, students, and governments. The conference covers researches, finding, and policies from all aspects and dimensions related to heritage tourism.

Conferences are the main events of IHTF 2019. This would be an arena for all stakeholders in heritage and tourism, including students, researchers, professional, and government to exchanging their idea through discussion. In addition, the conference’s objectives are to synthesizing heritage and tourism in theoretical and practical field for better heritage tourism management in Indonesia.