Apologies for cross posting
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual Conference, 27-29 August
2008, London
Second/revised call for papers
HEALTH IN TOURISM AND LEISURE
(Co-sponsored by the Geography of Health Research Group and the Geography
of Leisure and Tourism Research Group)
The link between tourism and physical health has been long established
from 18th century tourists taking the air in Switzerland, or the waters in
Bath, to 21st century medical tourists travelling from Britain to France
for operations or visiting the dentist while away in Thailand. Tourism
may be seen as a source of mental health too, as an escape and a source of
mental relaxation. Similarly, the link between leisure and health is
constantly promoted: active leisure is encouraged, to delay the onset of
ageing or reverse the effects of obesity. However, the relationships are
by no means clear cut: tourism and leisure may damage health as well as
promote it, as can be seen in the case of skiing accidents or the effects
of sex tourism. The purpose of this session is to examine the problematic
inter-relationships of health, tourism and leisure from a range of
perspectives and across a variety of geographical scales.
Topics for papers may arise from one or more of the following subject
areas, but potential contributors should not be deterred from offering a
paper that falls outside these areas, but which contributes to the overall
theme:
Historical trends in healthy tourism/leisure
Medical tourism
The psychological benefits of tourism/leisure
Active leisure and health ideology
Health risks in tourism/leisure
Expressions of interest and abstracts (250 words maximum) should be sent
to the session convenors by Monday, 11 February 2008:
Edward Hall, University of Dundee (email: [log in to unmask])*
Jacky Tivers, Nottingham Trent University (email: [log in to unmask])
Meghann Ormond, University of St Andrews (email: [log in to unmask])
*Please note the addition of Ed Hall of the GHRG as a session convenor;
this information was omitted in error from the first call for papers
(apologies for any inconvenience caused).
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