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Talks about topics discussed during the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers in London, England. Recent developments in tourism and leisure; Explanation concerning the term creative tourism; Views related to critical reappraisal of tourism and sustainability.

This paper documents and discusses the creation of a performance (dance and song) by 12 sanitation workers in Nepal working with artists Alice Fox (UK) and Ashmina Ranjit (Nepal). This creative work was one element within an international, interdisciplinary research programme that explored shit flow, wastewater and marginality in five rapidly developing off-grid towns. Performed at the Lumbini Peace Park as part of the 2022 Women of the World Festival, an important objective of the work was raising awareness of issues affecting sanitation workers, who are among the most precarious workers in the world. Using photos and artist commentary, 'we' (geographers and artists) show how the performance (un)seen (un)clean opened a creative space through which to engage and circulate the lived experiences of workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights the annual meeting of the Geography of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (GEOPARETO) Study Group of the Canadian Association of Geographers, held in Lethbridge, Alberta. Resignation of the group's chair; Consensus that the organization should exist as a mechanism for encouraging Canadian geographers with a common interest in recreation and tourism to share their research and experiences.