The GLTRG Committee welcomes you to join us on November 30th, 2023 at 1:00 pm. (UK time) for an online networking event via Zoom. During the event, we will introduce the Call for Sessions for the 2024 RGS-IBG Annual Conference and share our current…
Research Activities
Slowing Down Tourism Practice and Scholarship in the Era of The Anthropocene (24-25th May 2023)
You are warmly invited to join the Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG) at the Royal Geographical Society, Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI) and Tourism RESET Online Symposium running from 24th – 25th May 2023. Please see below for…
Festivals and the City online sessions
On September 1st 2020, the GLTRG sponsored sessions dedicated to “Festivals and the city: the festivalisation of public space” were held online. These sessions were meant to take place at the 2020 RGS-IBG Annual Conference, which was postponed due to…
SLOWING DOWN: TOURISM AND LEISURE SCHOLARSHIP AND PRACTICE IN THE ERA OF THE ANTHROPOCENE (2nd edition)
The Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG) welcomes you to join a co-sponsored online Symposium on June 19 and June 20 2024. This is the second edition of the Symposium the GLTRG organizes in collaboration with Tourism Education…
Workshop: Resilience, Sustainability, and Future directions in Tourism Geographies
The Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group (GLTRG) welcomes you to join a co-sponsored hybrid workshop on Resilience, Sustainability, and Future directions in Tourism Geographies organized at the University of Oulu (Finland) and online (Zoom). The workshop is organized…
PGR Event 4th July 2022: The future for tourism and leisure fieldwork in times of crises
The tourism and leisure industry has found itself in a number of different crises, not least due to the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, but also an increased awareness of sustainability and sustainable development. Destinations continue to face disruption, affecting…
Upcoming PGR Event
Methodologies & Beyond: Engaging with your PhD Hosted by the Geographies of Leisure & Tourism Research Group, RGS-IBG Join us for a virtual afternoon on June 17th, 2021 with methodology workshops and different ways of thinking about your PhD and…
Journal of Sustainable Tourism Special Issue CfPs: Gender, Entrepreneurship and Social Policy in Tourism
GLTRG member Dr Anna de Jong, along with colleagues Dr Albert Kimbu and Dr Michael Ngoasong, is editing a special issue on Gender, Entrepreneurship and Social Policy in Tourism, for the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Abstract Deadline: 15 April 2021…
New article by Dr Alberto Amore and colleagues published in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Dr Alberto Amore at Solent University, UK, co-authored an article on the Journal of Sustainable Tourism with Dr Bailey Ashton Adie (Solent University, UK) and Prof. C. Michael Hall (University of Canterbury, New Zealand). The article is part of a…
Dr Alberto Amore published a chapter on expectations of tourism stakeholders in post-earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand
Dr. Alberto Amore at Solent University, UK recently published a chapter looking the expectations and disillusions of relevant tourism stakeholders in Christchurch, New Zealand, following the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. The contribution is part of the edited book Tourism…