Internet resources for Leisure Management

The gateways and subject guides included in the following list will lead to more focussed and quality assured information than general Internet search engines for queries relating to leisure management.

Gateways and subject guides
Intute: Social Sciences	A gateway to high quality, evaluated Internet resources in hospitality, leisure, sport, travel and tourism.
BUBL	Links to selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas, including Museums, Recreation and the Performing Arts and Sport.
Inforurale	Gateway to rural development sites including ones on tourism.
Lifestyle Information Network	Canadian site.
Outdoor Recreation Research	Internet resource guide for outdoor recreation students, researchers and practitioners, from North Carolina State University.
Research and scholarship about leisure and recreation	From the Australian and New Zealand Association for Leisure Studies.
Sponet	A site in English and German from Department of Information and Documentation Sport at the Institute of Applied Training Science, Leipzig.
SportScience	A peer-reviewed site for sport research.
Tourism research links	Produced by Rene Waksberg of the Canadian Tourism Commission.
Virtual Library of Sport	Sports resources on the internet (mostly in English).

Economic impact, ethics and related topics
Economic Impacts of Recreation and Tourism	From University of Michigan.
Ecotourism	Promotes responsible travel to natural areas.
Tourism Concern	UK resource for ethical and sustainable tourism.
Tourism Research	Papers and links with an emphasis on ecotourism.

Government departments and agencies
Arts Council of England	With links to regional arts councils.
British Tourist Authority	Includes links to national and regional tourist boards annual reports and statistics.
Natural England	Formed by the amalgamation of the Countryside Agency and English Nature.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (UK)	With sections on Heritage, Libraries and Museums, Sport, and Tourism.
English Heritage	English Heritage web site.
Environment Agency	Site for improving the environment.
Forestry Commission	The government department that is responsible for forestry policy throughout Great Britain.
The National Park Service (US)	National Park web site.
Museums Libraries and Archives Council	The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries.
UK Sport	Home page of the government agency with responsibility for creating a strategy for developing high-performance sport in the UK.
Sport England	Web site promoting sport in England.
Sports Council for Northern Ireland	Web site promoting sport in Northern Ireland.
Sports Council for Wales	Web site promoting sport in Wales.
Sportscotland	Web site promoting sport in Scotland.

Organisations
Academy of Leisure Sciences (US)	American site of Leisure Sciences.
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Dance	Formerly American Association for Leisure and Recreation. With links to American sites for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
American Association of Museums	With links to American Museums.
ATLAS	European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education.
Canadian Association for Leisure Studies	Links to Canadian sites associated with the field of recreation and leisure studies, of both an academic and an applied nature.
Creative & Cultural Skills	Sector Skills Council for the creative and cultural sector.
English Federation of Disability Sport	The governing body for disability sport in England.
Global Museum	International web site for information on Museums.
Institute of Entertainment and Arts Professionals	Home page of the UK Institute of Entertainment and Arts Professionals.
ISPAL	Professional body for sport, parks and leisure professionals.
Institute of Sport and Recreation Management (UK)	Site that promotes public health through education, training and advancing medical and other sciences.
International Council of Museums	An international site by museum professionals committed to the world's natural and cultural heritage.
Museums Association	The UK Museums Association web site.
People 1st	Sector Skills Council for hospitality, leisure, travel & tourism.
Scholarly Societies Project: Recreation and Leisure	Links to scholarly societies relating to recreation and leisure studies.
Sports Coach UK	With links for sport coaching.
SPRIG	Promotes information sources in leisure, tourism and sport.
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
Volunteering England	Links for all angles of volunteer work.
World Tourism Organization	Links to all aspects of World wide tourism.

Statistics
VisitBritain Statistics on Tourism and Research	UK statistics.
In bound UK tourism statistics	From the British Tourist Authority.