The Media Tourism Research Center launched an international research project on "peaceful tourism" in 2017. The international symposium ``Possibilities of Peaceful Tourism Research'' is the first step toward this goal. As part of this, on July 20, 2019, the event was hosted by the Hiroshima University Peace Center and co-hosted by the Hiroshima Peace Culture Center, Hiroshima International Conference Center, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hokkaido University Graduate Research Faculty of Media and Communication, and Seoul National University. An international symposium titled "Hiroshima and Peace Tourism" was held at the Hiroshima International Conference Center. Furthermore, on the following day, the 21st, an international academic conference titled "Weaving Peace through Heritage Tourism" was held at the same venue.