- Tourism Studies Work Group (Arbeitskreis Tourismusforschung AK-TF) - German Society for Geography (Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie DGfG)

- Commission on the Geography of Tourism - The Geographical Society of China 

- Geography of Leisure and Tourism Research Group - Royal Geographical Society / Institute of British Geographers
 
- Recreation, Tourism and Sport Specialty Group - Association of American Geographers 

- Tourism and Recreation Study Group - Canadian Association of Geographers 

- Study Group on Tourism and Leisure - Association of Japanese Geographers