Tourism and Leisure

Few elements of the twentieth century built environment have historically stirred as much optimism, ire, or nostalgia as neon signs.  Despite a growing appreciation for its value by both municipalities and the general public, however, the fate of neon signage is far from secure.  Significant barriers exist to its conservation and continued in situ existence, with beloved signs continuing to disappear and others languishing in states of disrepair.  This project explores solutions to the question of how Portland, Oregon may better ensure that neon signs remain a vital part of its built environment.  It argues that neon signs provide multiple civic benefits and advocates for a targeted blend of regulatory tools, economic incentives, and public advocacy and outreach aimed at fostering a socio-economic environment more supportive of their conservation and continued presence.  This project first establishes a historic context that includes an overview of the history of neon signage and its relationship with public policy, followed by an outline of the many shining benefits these unique signs provide.  By evaluating the relevant state and national tools available for protecting these valuable resources as well as focusing on the protections for Portland neon, it reveals potential for improvement.  A curated survey of various strategies being employed around the country to protect neon signage identifies best practices, which are analyzed for their potential to be implemented effectively in Portland, culminating in a menu of recommendations for how city officials and neon advocates can best ensure a bright future for the city’s neon signs.  While research and recommendations are geared specifically to neon-rich Portland, the project’s insights are general enough that their relevance extends to other cities as well.

Motivated employees are critical in the service industry since such employees tend to offer exemplary customer service (Cadawallader, et. al., 2010). Conversely, a lack of motivation means that there is a significant lack in the contribution employees make towards organizational profitability and growth (Armstrong, 2009). Productivity implies that employees need to have adequate skills and capabilities. Hence, most companies will make significant investments in recruitment and training (Briscoe, et. al., 2009). However, this investment can go to waste if motivation levels are not enough for employees to be committed to meeting strategic corporate targets. High levels of motivation lead to organizational commitment which results in long term growth for a company (Dyvisk & Kuvaas, 2008). Following from this discussion, the primary aim of this study is to understand and analyze employee motivation and organizational commitment in the UK hospitality sector.

Reflections on the art market and cultural value in the light of Leonardo Da Vinci’s "Salvator Mundi", recently sold at auction. This reading explores materialist and capitalist issues alongside the spiritual and aesthetic dimension of painting and sculpture. A grotesque interpretation reveals the double standards that dominate collecting, patronage, and the contemporary arts scene.

Complete conference proceedings for the II Brazilian Congress of Leisure Studies that took place September 2016 in the city of Belém, Brazil.
Anais completos do II Congresso Brasileiro de Estudos do Lazer, realizado em setembro de 2016 na cidade de Belém-PA.

Complete Conference Proceedings of the VI Seminar on Leisure Studies / Anais completos do VI Seminário de Estudos do Lazer (Maringá-PR, Brazil, 2017).

P.15 - Abordagens Metodológicas para Análises da Fenomenologia - Cae Rodrigues.
P.17 - CONFERÊNCIA DE ABERTURA:Tendências do Lazer na Pós-Modernidade - Cae Rodrigues.

Rainoldi, M., Ladkin, A., Buhalis, D.,  (2022): Blending work and leisure: a future digital worker hybrid lifestyle perspective, Annals of Leisure Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2022.2070513

ABSTRACT Work performed by digital means is one of many societal transformations caused by the prevalence and continuous adoption of digital technologies. Free of the constraints of location and time, digital work has the potential to disrupt the mental and physical separation of work from leisure. Using an exploratory qualitative approach based on narrative futuring, work and leisure orientations of future digital workers are imagined in relation to digital technologies. Insights were obtained from twenty-five digital workers who were asked to imagine their digital worker selves in 2030. Borrowing from aspects of the Serious Leisure Perspective supported by the Mobility and Connectivity paradigms, future types of digital workers are proposed. Findings indicate a trend towards increased dissolution of the distinction between work and leisure. Implications for the organizations managing this type of worker are discussed, along with reflections on the changing nature and meaning of work and leisure.

The dissertation deals with the complex architectural intellectual history analysis of regional strategy creation in the recreational architecture of the Balaton region, embodying the examined period in an international problem and theoretical framework. By examining regional strategies, it looks for answers to what the possibility of changing the scale meant for architects, how they formulated the functions of recreational architecture. The analysis of scale changes leads to the relationship between architectural and urbanistic concepts, the interpretation of regionality in view of recreational areas and the problem of the regional adaptation of modern architecture. In addition to the analysis of architectural and urbanistic concepts, the adaptation also covers the transformation of the forms of institutionalization, the positions of architecture and the practice of the profession, and the process of realization, outlining the economic and tourism background behind the conceptual changes. The demarcation of the investigated period is marked by the appearance of the positions of regional architecture and then by the loss of its role. The focus of the dissertation is the development of the UIA Abercrombie Prize-winning first regional plan and the realization of the related development, but it is necessary to analyze the development of the regional concept of architecture and its professional differentiation in a wider frame of time. The beginning of the era is opened up by the founding of the Balaton Management Committee in 1929, which provided a framework for early regional architectural aspirations, and it is concluded by the revision in 1979 and repeal of the first regional plan. The process of formation and fragmentation is presented in the analysis by periods, the individual eras being marked by the changes in institutional positions and development models. Included in an international problem history framework, the analysis depicts the process in four eras.
In the first chapter, there is a regional level architectural strategy creation emerging between the two World Wars along Lake Balaton. The endeavors of the civil organisations and the emergence of the regional institutional system also provided new positions for architecture, which enabled them to discuss the architectural and settlement issues of the baths at regional level. As a result of this process, a model of a bottom-up regional settlement effort will be presented, which, however, remained unfinished due to the war years.
In the second chapter, the process of changing the regional perspective emerges following the rearrangement of the postwar period. After the transformation of the regional institutional system, the emphasis is placed on the analysis of the concept of regional planning being shaped after the war and the professional involvement of architects and city planners. Following the presentation of the theoretical model of regional planning appearing in the perspective of centralized developments, we can observe the experimental concepts developed for the Balaton region parallel to the theoretical search for means and ways. This section of the text is concluded by a comprehensive architectural concept analysis of the first regional plan and its performance at the regional planning conference in Liege in 1958.
The third chapter deals with the plan system and implementation of the first phase of development related to the regional plan. By reconstructing the complex institutional system, the different positions of architecture at regional level and the particular lakeside forms of the practice of the profession, with particular regard to Tibor Farkas’ role as chief architect, are outlined. Analysis of institutional scopes and relationships prepares the presentation of the multi-level plan system. Firstly, the interpretation of regionality according to areas of recreation appears in light of urbanistic design tools. The analyses of settlement plans, the resort development models and of the coordination plans developed under the program lead to the problems of architectural design. This chapter covers the strategies of architectural works related to development, seeking to find out how designers interpreted the conceptual nature of the resort area. Along with experiments on the adaptation of modern architecture at regional level, the local vernacular, topographic and historical patterns are also reinterpreted. Charles Polónyi’s plans were also presented at CIAM’s 1959 Otterlo conference, which later established his relationship with the group TEAM 10. However, since the mid-’60s, changes resulting from tourism policy and the internal dynamics of development have had an impact on architectural strategy creation as well. In addition to the public construction projects, the chapter also presents the problem of private constructions, with special regard to the toolkit of regional level control by the chief architect. The analysis of standard designs elaborated to improve the quality of mass construction also contributes to the overall picture formed of the perception of the recreational area nature of the era. By jointly analyzing architectural and urbanistic design tools, the coherence of development and the contradictions increasing over time are also illustrated.
The fourth chapter presents the model change after 1968 and its differentiation as to professional history. After depicting the problem of shrinking institutional scopes and growing recreational population, the consequences of the transforming central development appear in the light of architectural and urbanistic concepts, with special regard to the shifts in emphasis concerning modernization. In the second half of the chapter, by changes in the regional concept and the rearrangement of disciplinary tools, the changes in regional concept creation cast a light on the ecological aspects coming to the foreground. All this is a curriculum arching from modernization to rehabilitation, resulting in a rearrangement of the regional positions of architecture.
The conclusion of the analysis summarizes the relationships between the eras within an international context and presents the interconnection of architectural and urbanistic concepts that lead to different disciplinary ways of development. The system of relations of different scale-level concepts established along the coherent emphases on values is also a unique phenomenon in international professional history, which has attracted attention on this level as well through the developments of the 1960s and was also expressed in the UIA Abercrombie Prize awarded in 1965. The planning methodology experiences became a model in both domestic and international professional practice, while Charles Polónyi later applied the experiences during his African missions.

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Disszertáció magyarul: Regionális stratégiaalkotás a Balaton-part rekreációs célú építészetében. (1929-1979)
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In contrast to the reflective perspective of service quality measurement used in the existing literature, this paper proposes a multi-dimensional model for measuring service quality in hot spring resorts, based on a formative perspective. The formative measurement approach aims to explore how the service quality of hot spring resorts is formed. To achieve this purpose, an exploratory research study was conducted using partial least squares structural equation modelling method. A hot spring resort located in southern China was chosen as the research site to obtain the original data, by surveying customers with spa experience at the resort. Concurrently, service quality was investigated as a second-order construct using a reflective– formative model. Theoretically, this reflective–formative model provides a more comprehensive understanding of service quality in hot spring resort domains. Finally, this study confirmed the following six components of service quality for hot spring resorts: water quality, customer service, facilities, surroundings, alternative activities and convenience. The results show that these six components form service quality in hot spring resorts and may influence consumers' attachment to such places. Keywords Higher-order construct, hot spring resort, formative measurement, reflective–formative model, partial least squares structural equation modelling, service quality

Uticaj turizma na arhitekturu, urbanizam i dizajn u XX veku potvrđen je kroz intenzivnu izgradnju turističkih objekata. Radi pružanja turističkih usluga formirani su novi pristupi u planiranju prostora i razvijeni različiti tipovi turističkih objekata namenjeni smeštaju i boravku turista. Projektantske koncepcije turističkih objekata su se menjale tokom vremena, od zrelog modernizma internacionalnog usmerenja, preko skromnih realizacija u periodu socrealizma i rekonstrukcija ratom devastiranih objekata, zatim dominirajućeg funkcionalizma, socijalističkog estetizma, strukturalizma, brutalizma, kasnog modernizma i traganja za mogućnostima arhitektonskog regionalizma, pa do novih pristupa na tragu postmodernizma. Kroz predloženih pet hronoloških etapa razvoja moderne turističke arhitekture u Jugoslaviji razmotrene su arhitektonske odlike hotelskih (banjski, gradski, primorski i planinski hotel) i drugih turističkih objekata (turistička ili vikend naselja, kupališta). Arhitektura namenjena odmoru i razonodi turista je u kontekstu razvitka turizma u Jugoslaviji prošla kroz više faza uvek se menjajući i prilagođavajući potrebama i standardima turizma u okvirima aktuelnih arhitektonskih stremljenja. Uspon turizma je osim na arhitekturu imao uticaja na donošenje strategija prostornog razvoja turističkih regija, formiranje novih pristupa u prostorno-urbanističkom planiranju, primenu novih tehničkotehnoloških rešenja u gradnji i opremanju objekata, kao i na znatno više standarde u oblikovanju enterijera. Problematika istraživanja se zasniva na kritičko-interpretativnoj analizi relevantnih društvenih pojava i fenomena koji su uticali na procese planiranja i usmeravanja turističke izgradnje. Arhitektonsku raznolikost turističkih objekata su uslovili društveni i ekonomski činioci izraženi u fenomenu održivosti turističkog tržišta. Tipološka slojevitost turističke arhitekture, čija je izgradnja usko vezana za potrebe i strateška opredeljenja turizma, nije bila obuhvaćena sinteznim proučavanjem, pa pojedini tipovi turističkih objekata nisu detaljnije interpretirani i kritički obrađivani. Кroz iznošenje ključnih pojava i tokova, tumačenje specifičnih fenomena, kritička zapažanja i kontekstualizaciju modernističke projektantske prakse u turizmu pojašnjene su tipološke i društvene karakteristike jugoslovenske turističke arhitekture. Sintezni pristup je omogućio da se u svetlu novih i proširenih izvora kritički sagledaju izgradnja turističkih kapaciteta i njihova arhitektonska rešenja.
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The impact of tourism on architecture, urbanism and design in the 20 th century was reinforced by the increasing construction of tourist facilities. In order to provide tourism services, new approaches to space planning were formed and different types of tourist facilities intended for the accommodation of tourists were developed. The design concepts of tourist facilities changed through time, ranging from the international leanings of modernism, over modest efforts during the period of social realism as well as the reconstruction of the buildings destroyed during World War II, followed by the dominance of functionalism, socialist aestheticism, structuralism, brutalism, late modernism and the search for the possibility of architectural regionalism, to new approaches with traces of postmodernism. Architectural characteristics of hotels (spa hotels, town-, seaside- and mountain hotels) and other tourist facilities (weekend towns or resorts, public bathing areas) were considered through the five suggested chronological phases of development of modern tourism architecture in Yugoslavia. In the context of tourism development in Yugoslavia, architecture intended for relaxation and entertainment of tourists went through several phases, constantly changing and adjusting to the needs and standards of tourism within the framework of contemporary architectural endeavours. Aside from architecture, the rise of tourism also influenced the adoption of strategies of spatial development of tourist regions, the formation of new approaches to spatial and urban planning, the use of new technical and technological solutions in the contruction and the furnishing of facilities, as well as significantly higher standards in the area of interior design. The research is based upon a crtitical interpretative analysis of relevant social occurrences and phenomena which influenced the processes of planning and the direction of tourist construction. The architectural diversity of tourist facilities was also conditioned by social and economic factors expressed in the phenomenon of the tourist market sustainability. The typological stratification of tourist architecture, whose construction was narrowly tied to the needs and strategic orientation of tourism, was not encompassed in synthetic research, so certain types of tourist facilities are not subject to a detailed interpretation and critical review. Typological and social characteristics of Yugoslav tourist architecture were explained through the introduction of key occurrences and processes, interpretation of specific phenomena, critical observations and contextualizing the praxis of modernist architecture design. The synthetic approach allowed for a critical overview of the construction of tourist facilities and their architectural format in light of new and extensive sources.

Experiences are becoming increasingly important in events and festivals, which are prime manifestations of the experience economy. However, research on event experiences has generally been concerned with economic impacts and visitor motivations (Gursoy, Kim, & Uysal, 2004). Few studies have attempted to operationalize and quantitatively analyze experiences, and there is no consensual definition regarding the essence of experiences (Walls, Okumus, Wang, & Kwun, 2011). This article develops an Event Experience Scale (EES), for event experiences. In this exploratory study the item generation and selection for this scale are presented in three phases: specifying the domain of construct and generation of items, item selection, and scale purification. An 18-item scale, comprised of 4 dimensions: affective engagement, cognitive engagement, physical engagement and experiencing newness, with satisfactory values for Cronbach’s alphas (.83, .86, .86, and .87), emerged. Implications for theoretical and practical research are discussed.

This essay, or rather collection of essays, draws together three distinct streams of thought, time and space into a single river of understanding concerning labor, leisure, human-nature relations, city and town planning and human evolution at both the individual and collective levels. From Daoist tales of effortless leisure under 'useless trees' to Pieper's eulogy of leisure in the Modernist world(view) of total work and onto the planning theory and practice of Sir. Patrick Geddes, this ambling and nomadic stream seeks to problematize hegemonic contemporary conceptions of evolution, order, labor, leisure, nature and human-nature relations and to plant the seeds of a new principle, a new mythos, to which human evolution and being can be oriented in ashes of the charred edifice of Modernity. Can we transcend the materially rationalist, labor centric conceptions of humanity that reign in contemporary hegemonic culture for a more holistic perspective in which the infinite and finite aspects of human being can co-exist without either one interfering with the other? Can human-nature relations, especially as cultivated through city and town planning, transcend the present order of hierarchical domination, objectification and callous consumption of nature for an order of relations in which nature acts upon us as a teacher and we consume nature in harmony with its own natural order rather than through creation of an artificial order?

El enorme impacto del boom turístico de los años 60 ha marginado la existencia previa de una serie de prácticas sociales que vienen de lejos. Las clases populares europeas imitaban, o adaptaban, las experiencias y modos de las clases privilegiadas aunque en espacios, tiempos y usos más restringidos. La historiografía ha descuidado esas actividades al considerarlas hábitos ligados a unas determinadas clases, separando así las prácticas de los sujetos. Esta sesión pretende aproximar dos campos historiográficos, el de la historia del ocio y la historia del turismo, que hasta ahora no se han mirado lo suficiente, pero no desde el reemplazo o la superposición sino incorporando nuevos enfoques (el ocio sumando el factor movilidad; el turismo reencontrándose, necesariamente, con la historia social), nuevas fuentes y sujetos infrautilizados. Todo ello en los marcos locales, regionales, nacionales y transnacionales propios de las prácticas de ocio y turismo en la modernidad. Entre los casos de estudio que se proponen se encuentran el turismo obrero organizado, las colonias de verano, las lunas de miel, el naturismo, el turismo social (democrático y totalitario: Educación y Descanso, Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro, Fundaçao Nacional para Alegria no Trabalho), las prácticas locales y regionales (ocio dominical y estacional, ferias, romerías y fiestas populares), el excursionismo (escolar y educativo), el escultismo, el asociacionismo deportivo (velocipedistas o alpinistas), la llamada “periferia del placer” de las clases populares del norte de Europa en el Mediterráneo o el turismo y ocio de militares en territorios coloniales.

In spite of renewed attention for practices in tourism studies, the analysis of practices is often isolated from theories of practice. This theoretical paper identifies the main strands of practice theory and their relevance and application to tourism research, and develops a new approach to applying practice theory in the study of tourism participation. We propose a conceptual model of tourism practices based on the work of Collins (2004), which emphasises the role of rituals in generating emotional responses. This integrated approach can focus on individuals interacting in groups, as well as explaining why people join and leave specific practices. Charting the shifting of individuals between practices could help to illuminate the dynamics and complexity of tourism systems.

The essay investigates possibilities and limits of writing history of Czech tramping based on examples from inter-war and the 1960s tramping. The text presents three modes of both existing and possible writing of history of tramping. 1. Historical topography of tramping inspired by Dějiny trampingu by Bob Hurikán which focuses on documentation of particular tramp settlements and camps and their histories while revealing ideas about tramping of the period. 2. History of tramping as academic narrative-synthesis working with ideas of continuities and historically constant phenomena about tramp communities through last decades of contemporary history. 3. Genealogy of tramping, deconstructing tramping phenomenon by showing several inspirations, irregularities, motives and events which created its lasting forms and contents. Genealogy helps to historize tramping by its closer connections with political, social, cultural and economical events.

Slides for the "Leisure theories" curricular unit in the Physical Education Program at the Federal University of Sergipe (2016 - readings for the third debate).
Slides para a disciplina "Teorias do Lazer" do Curso de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (2016 - leituras para o terceiro debate).

Pantai Pulau Merah merupakan salah satu daerah tujuan wisata yang popular di Banyuwangi namun sangat perlu untuk dilakukan pengembangan terlebih sebgai destinasi pariwisata berkelanjutan. Penelitian ini bersifat eksploratif dan penelitian ini merupakan penelitian terapan (applied research) yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui potensi, hambatan, strategi, serta rekomendasi kebijkan yang ideal. Teori yang digunakan adalah teori perencanaan dan teori siklus hidup destinasi (tourism area life cycle). Metode pengumpulan data menggunakan metode observasi, wawancara mendalam (in-depth interview), survey, studi literatur serta studi dokementasi. Teknik analisis data menggunakan deskriptif kuantitatif dan kualitatif, dan analisis matriks SWOT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats). Hasil yang ditemukan adalah terdapat dua potensi diantaranya adalah potensi alam dan sosial budaya.

En este trabajo intentamos abordar algunas de las señas de identidad de la recreación en Venezuela. La recreación que es pensada, asumida y experienciada en Venezuela como modelo social para la atención de las y los ciudadanos está enmarcada en el ideario profundo de la libertad, la justicia social y la democracia. De allí que sea necesario el debate para la construcción permanente de espacios y posibilidades para el derrumbe definitivo de una cultura anestesiante del entretenimiento y la diversión desechable. Así, la práctica social permanente, el empoderamiento del pueblo para el ejercicio de sus derechos sociales, políticos y constitucionales, una legislación coherente con los procesos de transformación social son imprescindibles para acompañar la esperanza y el ideal de liberación.

The tourist leisure has aroused the interest of people to use their free time in search of novelty and escape from everyday life. This study aimed to analyze the leisure tourism developed in the Crôa do Goré, Mosqueiro Aracaju/SE, highlighting information that bring the perspective of how tourism has contributed to the increase in visits attractive. The methodology was qualitative and quantitative with bibliographical and documentary research and questionnaires, onsite. The Crôa do Goré is attractive to visitation, which features natural wealth and being conducive to the development of activities aimed at leisure.

Utilizing 14 semi-structured interviews in a non-western context, this exploratory study examines how Filipino migrant workers' leisure satisfaction and QoL are intertwined in Macao, China. The study reveals that Filipino migrant workers regard "family and friends", and a sense of community as central to their QoL. Regarding leisure, the Filipino migrant workers experienced a lack of time-off and long working hours (structural leisure constraints) whilst living without their families in the Philippines (interpersonal leisure constraints). In addition, the Filipino migrant workers noted that few leisure options were available to them, and given commercial options dominate in Macao, the perceived cost of leisure participation clashes with the Filipino migrant workers responsibility to send remittances home. It is recommended that authorities and employers explore the importance of subjective QoL indicators such as sense of community that emerge from marginalized social groups, such as migrant workers, into their measurement systems and policy deliberations, to create a livable and sustainable community for all. Our study enriches the extant research by broadening the research location to focus on "voices" from low income migrants in a non-western context.

1. Introduction: Alternative Tourism Ontologies 2. Camping In Clearing Jennie Germann Molz 3. Paradise With/Out Parasites Olli Pyyhtinen 4. Towards Silent Communities Soile Veijola 5. Unlearning Through Hospitality Emily Hockert 6. Messing Around With Serendipities Alexander Grit 7. Conclusion: Prepositions and Other Stories

The text maps the beginnings of Czechoslovak tramping and critically examines some of the aspects of this phenomenon. It focused on searching for its roots, idealizing auto-stereotypes of tramp freedom, and the way of writing the history of tramping trough the topography of tramping and the list of tramping settlements. The author believes that Czechoslovak tramping is the result of the overlapping of various influences, events and wills, which did not attempt to approach the vision of tramping as a clearly defined concept. In this sense, it is a random phenomenon which was developing in Czechoslovakia after World War I. Tramping, which defined itself as the opposition against the middle-class society and refused control and official regulations, was the way of active self-formation of individuals, which was inevitable in modern state. The state gave tramps an opportunity to enjoy the freedom in the countryside so it could make use of their physical and mental capacities which they gained during their weekend stays out of the city.

The disputes surrounding environmental issues indicate that it configures itself as a field of power and struggle within which interests are played related to the environmental event. In this sense, the aim of this article is to highlight conflicts associated with the processes of environmentalization of leisure practices. To this end, the discussion will be developed in three parts, in which: (a) the debate on the environmentalization of social reality will be presented; (b) the conflicts associated with the environmentalization of leisure practices will be analyzed; (c) the final considerations will be presented, highlighting the diversity of 'problems' associated with the theme, some particular to the leisure field, some to the environmental field, and others that arise at the interface between the two; researches that can contribute to the analysis of the processes of environmentalization of leisure practices will also be indicated.

Amid the contemporary environmental crisis, underpinned by a social structure that values, above all, production and consumption, different possibilities of cooperation emerge between distinct areas of knowledge in search of strategies for dealing with environmental problems. In this sense, education plays a fundamental role, becoming a major force of social structure. Another social phenomenon that has gained strength in recent decades is leisure. Furthermore, education and leisure are fields that have relations that extend in different contexts, and, both in school and in non-school contexts, ‘education through leisure’ has appeared increasingly in teaching and learning processes. In this paper we present, in three parts, the results of a theoretical research: the first part aims to identify, through the analysis of the conceptual history of environmental education, the critical proposals that are on the agenda today; in the second part we present some of the essential elements for understanding the definition of ‘leisure’; in the third part, already in our final remarks, we seek an understanding of leisure that could really contribute with critical environmental education proposals, proposing a path towards a possible ‘environmental education through leisure’.

At the beginning of June 1904, the Hungarian capital was in a state of frenzy. The bullfights, starring Pouly fils—a toreador from Nîmes, France—as the matador, and scheduled to take place in a recently built 15,000-seat bullring in the Budapest City Park, attracted everyone's ...

Casual sexual encounters are closely wedded to leisure travel, and have received a lot of attention in both theoretical and empirical work. However, the relationship between romance tourism and female ageing remains largely under-researched. This article offers critical insights into the interplay of the successful ageing and sexual relationships abroad of older women travellers. It shows that romance tourism has both positive and negative implications for women's physical and psychological health and wellbeing. Although exotic escapes help reconnect women with their youthful selves, enhancing a sense of self-confidence and challenging the narrative of decline, casual sex may also generate conflicting feelings once the travel romance is over. This article also encourages the rethinking of the complexities of ageing femininities, sexual activity and health risk in 'silver' romance tourism today. Additionally, it argues that the sexual health guidelines and information campaigns should adopt a more multifaceted approach to sexual expressions, and encourage alternative views towards sex and sexuality in later life, in order to not create a rather oppressive ideology among older women.

Slides for the "Leisure theories" curricular unit in the Physical Education Program at the Federal University of Sergipe (2016 - readings for the second debate).
Slides para a disciplina "Teorias do Lazer" do Curso de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (2016 - leituras para o segundo debate).

Slides for the "Leisure theories" curricular unit in the Physical Education Program at the Federal University of Sergipe (2016 - readings for the first debate).
Slides para a disciplina "Teorias do Lazer" do Curso de Educação Física da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (2016 - leituras para o primeiro debate).

Tourism crisis and vacation resistance. Values and practices of leisure mobilities in times of pandemic Published in french : Gael Chareyron, Saskia Cousin et Sébastien Jacquot, « Crise du tourisme et résistances des vacances. Valeurs et pratiques des mobilités de loisirs en période de pandémie »,

El poder atractivo de España sobre los franceses se hizo patente con los Románticos del siglo XIX que hicieron del viaje a España casi un género literario propio y difundieron con sus obras unas imágenes de España. Poco a poco, cuando el viaje empezó a verse facilitado, las interferencias de España en la cultura francesa fueron más numerosas y las referencias a España invadieron la cultura popular francesa. Las vacaciones pagadas llegaron en Francia en 1936 pero el contexto político en ambos países no fue propicio a un desarrollo masivo del viaje a España antes de 1948: recordamos el cierre de la frontera entre 1946 y 1948. Esta ponencia se centrará en los veinte años que siguieron la Segunda guerra mundial y en la imagen que se tenía de España en Francia en aquel entonces. El objetivo es comprender cómo se forjó la imagen de España como destino ideal para unas vacaciones baratas, sobre todo para el turismo sol y playa, un discurso que tuvo como consecuencia la progresiva masificación del turismo. Se dará importancia a la imagen de España que circulaba en Francia gracias a diversos objetos culturales españoles o franceses (canciones, películas), a la prensa, a las guías de viaje francesas, así como a la promoción turística en francés realizada por la Dirección general de turismo y por el Ministerio de información y turismo.

The purpose of research is to explore the importance of Ecotourism, its sustainability as Bangalore being an Information technological city. It also is concerned about the economical growth of the city in India apart from other aspects focussing on ecotourism. What initiatives should the government and in general can be taken to promote the growth of ecotourism in silicon city of India.

Bangalore is Asia’s Silicon Valley because of its rapid growth in information technology. Bangalore is 5th largest and fastest growing city in India, it is also called Garden city for its greenery flourishing in its pleasant, temperature climate. The city is spread around 2,190 square kilometres with 3000feet above sea level, it has a population estimated approximately 6.52 million and 83.91% of literacy. Apart from these the other criteria of attracting tourists around the world to this city is its climatic conditions of min 14 degree C to a maximum of 33 degree C.
(www.bangaloreindia.org)

Ecotourism is completely a different and new approach in tourism and hospitality industry. Ecotourism is preserving the natural areas and making the travellers to appreciate the cultural and natural history of the environment taking care not to effect negatively on the integrity of the ecosystem. In other terms ecotourism is creating economic opportunities, conserving and protecting the natural resources to people in and around those specified areas (Singh, 1991). India being rich for its cultural heritage has achieved multifaceted socio-economic progress past 50 years of independence, and today is the 7th largest country in the world. India being an emerging economic power in the world with a GDP growth of about 6.5% per annum and has plans to double the per capita income in the next ten years by a growth of 9% (Rangaswamy, 2001).

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) statistics show international tourist arrivals reached 769 million during 2003 giving a rise of 4.9% earnings from previous years. The WTO also states that the global tourism sector will expand by an average of 4.16% a year crossing around 1billion international travellers by the year 2010 and subsequently. The total estimated arrivals in India were 3.7million during 2003 generating employments approximately 17.8million.
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El artículo tiene como objetivo general analizar la relación entre ocio y trabajo en la actuación de músicos en la ciudad de São Paulo, Brasil, bajo el prisma del concepto de serious leisure. Serious leisure se define como actividades practicadas por aficionados, voluntarios y practicantes de hobbys. Para tales individuos estas actividades son inmensamente importantes y gratificantes, y que en algunos casos pueden significar el inicio de una carrera centrada en la adquisición y expresión de habilidades especiales, conocimientos y experiencias. Este concepto también se define por la perseverancia que los participantes deben poseer para superar los eventuales momentos de dificultad relacionada al desarrollo del serious leisure y los beneficios tanto personales como sociales que acompañan esta práctica tal como la auto-realización, el auto-enriquecimiento, el sentimiento de pertenencia y la interacción social. Cuando las habilidades y los conocimientos adquiridos permiten que los participantes sean considerados "serios", en algunos casos, en la medida en que las oportunidades aparecen, algunos de estos participantes pueden salir de la condición de aficionados, volviéndose profesionales. Los objetivos específicos son los siguientes: a) investigar los motivos que llevaron a estos músicos a transformar esa actividad, inicialmente considerada una actividad de ocio, en un ejercicio profesional; b) comprender cómo las seis características fundamentales del sistema serious leisure se presentan en la actuación de los músicos. La metodología utilizada fue una investigación de tipo cualitativo, en un estudio de caso entendiéndolo cómo el método apropiado a la determinación de características únicas de individuos de instituciones o comunidades. La investigación posee un carácter exploratorio que combina los enfoques bibliográficos y de campo. La dimensión bibliográfica abarca artículos científicos, libros y demás publicaciones sobre el concepto de serious leisure. Y la de campo, con investigaciones in loco a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas realizadas con músicos que actúan en la ciudad de São Paulo. Los resultados de la investigación indican que el placer proporcionado por la música, así como la remuneración obtenida a través de ella, son los factores que más influenciaron a los entrevistados en la elección de la música como profesión. Se concluye también que la relación establecida entre el contenido artístico y la música es evidente ya que la música como arte se remite principalmente a la subjetividad de las personas, traduciendo sentimientos, expresando deseos y manifestando ideas. Las ideas como destino, predestinación, el talento innato, contribuyen a formar en las personas la concepción de que un músico, así como artistas de otras ramas, ya nació 'sabiendo' realizar esa actividad y, por lo tanto, son personas únicas y especiales. En este sentido, el artista ejerce un cierto "lenguaje especial", en este caso por la música, que tiende a obtener cierto reconocimiento por la sociedad como un todo. Los datos refuerzan que el ocio se caracteriza por resultar de una elección libre que no puede estar sometido a ningún fin lucrativo.