Welcome to the website of the INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION (IGU-UGI) COMMISSION ON TOURISM, LEISURE AND GLOBAL CHANGE
Now available: IGU Tourism Commission's 2023 Newsletter Many thanks to all those that joined us in Paris and Wageningen for the IGU Centennial Congress 2022 Tourism Commission sessions and the IGU Tourism Commission pre-meeting and doctoral workshop! Check out the website for the 35th International Geographical Congress in Dublin, Ireland, 24th-30th August 2024.
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IGU Tourism Commission Pre-Meeting Galway, Ireland Theme: Just Transitions and Transformations in Tourism 22nd-24th August, 2024 Programme now available! IGU Tourism set to have a huge presence at the 35th IGC Dublin this month! We're looking forward to seeing you at the 35th International Geographical Congress (IGC), Dublin, Ireland, 24th-29th August 2024 - 35th ICG programme now available - Info on our Commission's special lecture, TGs journal panel, business meeting and social meetup now available The IGU Tourism Commission is delighted to be collaborating on the event The future of tourism in the Alpine-Adriatic region: International symposium in memory of Zlatko Pepeonik, 1934-2004 Hermagor, Carinthia [Kärnten], Austria 22nd-24th October 2024 Save the date! II Ecopoltur / IGU Tourism Commission Regional Conference: Challenges and commitments of tourism in the contemporary world Belém, Brazilian Amazon 18th-21st August 2025 |
Congratulations!
The IGU Tourism Commission is very proud to announce that our former Chair, Professor Alan A. Lew has been awarded the IGU's prestigious Lauréat d'Honneur 2022; this is the first time that the Lauréat has been awarded to a geographer specialising in tourism. The IGU Lauréat d’Honneur was established to recognise individuals who have achieved particular distinction or who have rendered outstanding service in the work of the IGU or in international geography and environmental research.