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This section of the World Leisure Journal will welcome commentaries of up to 3000 words from scholars based in the Global South. It will aim to evidence the diversity related to leisure practices and concepts beyond the Eurocentric, Anglophonic and Global North world. We know that colonial narratives in leisure studies have been privileged, and we want toRead more

By Lee Kwan Meng, Steven Krauss, Mariam Tobias and Linda Caldwell, 2021 SPG recipients The ‘Building Urban, Low-income Community through a Sport-for-Development Youth Empowerment Program’ project aimed to develop a pilot program initiated through the WLO Strategic Priorities Grants (SPGs) program 2021. It was undertaken in the period from January 2022 to February 2023 andRead more

16th April 2023 – A day to foster Leisure for Social Transformation World Leisure Day will be celebrated all around the globe on April 16, 2023, to reinforce the role of leisure at the centre of the society. In these uncertain times, it is more necessary than ever to acknowledge the importance of leisure playingRead more

By Prof. Ling Ping, WLO Special Interest Group (SIG) on Leisure and Sports In order to assess “City of Sports Events” that promote the sustainable and healthy development of sports in China, we created the evaluation criteria of China’s city of sports events. In accordance with the “Fourteenth Five-Year Plan” for the Reform and DevelopmentRead more

By Dr. Lyndon Bouah, Chief Director of Sport and Recreation at the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Western Cape Government, South Africa The Western Cape Province is one of nine provinces in South Africa. The biggest city of the province is Cape Town. The Western Cape is renowned for its natural beauty and scenery.Read more

By John Tower, co-chair of the WLO Special Interest Group (SIG) on Leisure Management Leisure programs, facilities and services have experienced a range of staff shortages over recent years. The aquatics industry has been described as being in crisis with community pools restricting public access due to staff shortages. Recent research documents issues regarding staffRead more

The 17th World Leisure Congress “Leisure: Learn Well, Live Well”, to be held from December 11th to 15th, has been recently included at the UNWTO Programme of Work (PoW) for 2023. The PoW of the Affiliate Members Department is the roadmap document outlining the specific objectives for the UNWTO Affiliate Membership, aligned with UNWTO’s strategicRead more

From February 7th to 10th, WLO COO Dr. Cristina Ortega Nuere will participate as an observer at the 16th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which will be held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. This session will enable the CommitteeRead more

After five consecutive virtual meetings, the World Committee on Tourism Ethics held its first in-person meeting since the pandemic. During December 1st and 2nd, 2022, as Member of the UNWTO World Committee on Tourism Ethics, WLO Vice-Chair Dr. Lawal Marafa visited the Spanish capital to assist to these sessions where the committee discussed, among otherRead more

On January 20th, WLO Chief Operating Officer (COO) Dr. Cristina Ortega Nuere delivered a presentation at the UNWTO Affiliate Members Corner at FITUR 2023, the International Tourism Trade Fair in Madrid, Spain. This year’s Affiliate Members Corner focused on “Trends Taking Shape in the Travel Industry in 2023” and, on this occasion, WLO COO gaveRead more