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16th World Leisure Congress goes hybrid!

Extended date for abstract submission: Friday 18th, December 2020
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UPCOMING EVENTS

15-21 April 2021

16th. World Leisure Congress, Pinggu – Beijing, China

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16th April 2021

World Leisure Day

October 2021

5th World Leisure Expo & Forum, Hangzhou

DECEMBER 2022

17th. World Leisure Congress in 2022 Dunedin, New Zealand

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