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After the success of the first online discussion groups, we are happy to announce the Global Leisure Debate – Responses to Challenges on Leisure, Mental Health and Well-Being. We are extending this invitation to meet you in an online space for brokering ideas, stimulating debate, and offering creative solutions to the leisure field. On this occasion,Read more

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

Looking for new knowledge-sharing and networking experiences about leisure? – Do not miss this chance to participate in this conversation space where we will jointly work towards sharpening our understanding of the current leisure issues in society! Never has the world needed new ideas more than at this time of a global pandemic. WLO isRead more

These are unprecedented times that require unprecedented measures. Our priority now is to support and understand our community. We remain committed to delivering an exceptional upcoming 16th World Leisure Congress. We kindly advice you to wait with making any arrangements until further notice this date. We continue to monitor the pandemic and its impact, and will provideRead more

The 3rd China (Beijing) Leisure Conference is the last annual conference in preparation for the 2020 WL Congress in Pinggu-Beijing. WLO Chairman, Dr. Roger Coles, WLO legal advisor, Mr. Jack Agrios, and WLO Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Cristina Ortega, participated in the event in representation of the WLO. Taotao, the official mascot of the 2020Read more

The Seminar on Leisure Sports and Social Development held at Hangzhou Normal University, China, on the 14th October, started with a round table discussion around the potential development of a China Leisure Sports City Evaluation Index. Different questions were posed, such as the understanding of the concept “sports city”, how should leisure sports cities beRead more

Students and members of the WLO Board of Directors were welcome by Jane Zhou and Cehn Weiying, deputy director of the Office of Global Engagement at Zhejiang University (ZJU). The College of Education at ZJU, organizing the Forum, attaches great importance to internationalization, as proved by the college recently joining World Leisure Center of ExcellenceRead more

The overarching goal of the Leisure Experience Research Opportunity, a 3-day research project, was to provide insights into how resident, national and international visitors of Hangzhou experience some of the various leisure attractions of the city. The approach was explicitly a cross-cultural one, with an emphasis on the communalities and differences in experiences between nationalRead more

Whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate, at WLO there is a place for curious minds willing to work within an international organization’s setting and to pursue a career in leisure studies and/or related fields. After an initial orientation, you will start contributing to the different projects and activities immediately. The internship opportunities offered atRead more

We are happy to announce the appointment of WLO Board member Dr. Lawal Mohammed Marafa, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as major member of UNWTO’s World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE), body responsible for interpreting, applying and evaluating the provisions of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism. As an affiliated member ofRead more