Leisure & Events

How should we design and redevelop our community sports centres so they are ready for the future? What will sport look like in 2040? These questions...

In this festive year of celebrating 60 years of BUas, it is great to reflect on the meaningful collaborations that have been established over the...

Cultural heritage has never been a static archive: It breathes, shifts, and acquires new meaning as the societies that carry it change. In recent...

Visitors to the centre of Nîmes, in southern France, get to experience the very best of what the region has to offer. The city boasts an incredibly...

Think of an event manager who is insufficiently trained to measure (let alone reduce) the carbon footprint of the festivals she organises. A leisure...

Step into a space where human and machine perception meet in the mirror. A gaze becomes dialogue. In Latent Space, AI observes how your eyes trace...

Romanian clay arts are often admired for their visual appeal, yet their deeper significance lies elsewhere. A plate displayed in a cabinet or a jug...

In the Stockholm suburb of Alby, in the municipality of Botkyrka, an old industrial landscape has been transformed into something unexpected: a...

The Serras d’Aire e Candeeiros range is Portugal’s most significant limestone massif – a region historically shaped by extreme hardship. The lack of...

KreativEU is more than an international network – it is an invitation to rethink the way universities collaborate, create and forge links across...

Despite the boost given to rural tourism during the pandemic, developing rural tourism in Europe remains challenging. The countryside suffers from...

Since their inception, the city of Venice has been the archetypal case in tourism development studies. It epitomises metaphors such as cannibalisation...

Imagine checking into a hotel where a smiling service robot brings your luggage, an AI concierge curates a personalised city walk based on your...

Why do we assume that ugliness holds no appeal for visitors? This fundamental question invites a critical re-examination of the ‘tourist gaze’, which...

Orphanage tourism has emerged over the past two decades as one of the most contested intersections between hospitality, tourism, and child welfare...

Climate change and tourism are deeply interconnected. Tourism is highly vulnerable to climate-related crises, as travel can become restricted, more...

Where can tourism and leisure professionals find fresh ideas, international partners, and the latest insights to stay ahead? For over three decades...

Leisure in traditional African society was predominantly communal, active, and deeply integrated with work and ritual, encompassing dancing...

Across Taiwan, the concept of leisure is undergoing a profound transformation. It is no longer viewed merely as passive free time, but rather as a...

The Conseil Québécois du Loisir (CQL) is part of the associative action in leisure in Quebec, whose existence dates back to the 1940s. Arising from...