By Dr. Marié Young, Department Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science, University of the Western Cape; member of the WLO Board of Directors In collaboration with the WLO and the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (WCDCAS), a South African webinar series was launched on the 8th. September, introducing the WLO programs and activitiesRead more
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On 8th July 2020, the Members of the Working Group (WG) on SDGs support met after almost three months and after monitoring the situation and the necessity to carry on the work of the WG in the context of COVID-19 as the new normality. It was well recognized by all members that tourism recovery andRead more
In the COVID-19 pandemic, leisure has become an important focus point for many people. Firstly, because of health reasons – we should all keep healthy –, and, secondly because leisure has been reinventing itself in many creative ways (e.g. Marques & Giolo, 2020). Leisure habits and practices, such as travelling for tourism purposes, have beenRead more
By Jackie Oncescu, PhD & Lauren Green, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada Neoliberalism governance has shifted community leisure provisions away from operating within the principles of community development and towards a market model delivery system that treats citizens as consumers. To participate in leisure, individuals will need to have access toRead more
By Lyndon Bouah and Marie Young Leisure and recreation is a basic human right. Leisure is done in one’s free time and includes play, recreation, arts culture, sport, festivals and celebrations, health promotion, fitness, travel and tourism. The public sector plays in important role in taking leisure, recreation and tourism forward. In times such asRead more
WLO is now organizing the first World Leisure Organization Charter for Leisure 2020 presentation webinar and is inviting academics, professionals, public and private bodies in the leisure field to join us in this 90 minute presentation. When: Tuesday, 22nd September at 9AM (CEST) Registration link: https://bit.ly/3hF7X9v It is a great pleasure for WLO to presentRead more
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World Leisure webinars series aims to provide a platform, from different geographies, for learning strategies from academics and executives of how to handle the way out of crisis. This initiative comes as an opportunity and in collaboration with partners to raise the voice of the importance of leisure in these challenges times. To learn moreRead more
CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue: Leisure and Aging in Difficult Times Guest Editors: Toni Liechty (University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign, U.S.A.), Darla Fortune (Concordia University, Canada), Antonio Bramante (University of Brasília, Brazil). Article Due Date: January 25, 2021 Publication Date (Approximate): Volume 63, Issue 3, 2021 This special issue of the World Leisure Journal willRead more
Supporting Organization signatory party of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism
