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World Leisure Organization (WLO) brought the leisure perspective into ENCATC’s 6th International Study Tour to the United Arab Emirates, which took participants to the cities of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Dubai from 14 to 17 March. Cristina Ortega Nuere, Chief Academic and Operating Officer, and Mireia Iglesias, Communication & Events Officer from WLO led theRead more

A sports delegation from the Chinese universities Zheijang University and Nantong University visited Hungary from the 14th to the 20th June. The visit was hosted and supported by the City of Pápa, in northwest Hungary, and co-organised by the Young People’s Leisure Network (YPLN), together with Pápa Table Tennis Association and Bamafo Foundation. Chinese athletesRead more

World Leisure Journal is the official journal of the World Leisure Organization. Its main purpose is to stimulate and communicate research, theory, and critical thought in all areas that address leisure, including play, recreation, the arts and culture, sport, festivals, events and celebrations, health and fitness, and travel and tourism. The journal’s quality and impactRead more

YPLN is looking for enthusiastic young musicians willing to embark on a project which would take them to play together in different places around the world. This initiative is called YOUPECO’2017 and it aims at spreading a message of peace and understanding through the music played by a group of young musicians from different originsRead more

WLO, SESC Sao Paulo and the University of Sao Paulo (USP) are working together on the organization of the 2018 World Leisure Congress, the world biggest network of experts and academic in the leisure field, which will be held in the Brazilian city from 28 August to 1 September 2018. Our local partner, SESC (ServiçoRead more

Ms. Mary Xiao Yang, the Editor in Chief of Lingjie Culture Media, publisher of the Leisure and Travel Magazine, visited Bilbao together with Helena Ma from IDEA Communication. After that first visit, WLO Chief Operating Officer, Communication & Events Coordinator, and Programme Coordinator met Ms. Yang in Beijing (China). This gathering represents a deeper opportunityRead more

Deadline: 1 August 2017. Sex and tourism has arguably been an understudied area of research relative to the central roles that sex plays within tourism experiences. Under the broad umbrella of sex, concepts such as sensual, sexual, love, romance, and erotic have similarly been under-researched within tourism. As a result, much of the complexity andRead more

We at the WLO Secretariat are happy to launch WLO News, a monthly newsletter that aims to be a window to the wide leisure world. Having dissemination of knowledge and information as one of our raisons d’être, and being aware that we live in a world overloaded with information, we find it crucial to provideRead more

See and download the Official Call here: WORLD LEISURE ORGANIZATION 2017 INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION PRIZE The 7th edition of the World Leisure International Innovation Prize seeks to recognize organizations that have implemented creative solutions which foster local, national or international leisure opportunities for the benefit and development of individuals and communities. The originality, creativity, and innovationRead more

Mary Xiao Yang, from Travel&Leisure China, and Helena Ma from IDEA CommunicationRead more