Sixth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies

Abstract

The study highlights the influence of futurecast labs in predicting, shaping, and developing future trends, future scenarios, future knowledge, and capacity of farsightedness in tourism and leisure management. The goal of this study is to emphasize the nexus among the tourism governance framework and futurization scheme. The investigation’s originality is that it argues the global challenges in tourism and leisure studies and develop concrete solutions by considering futurecast labs and innovative techniques. The futurecast labs in tourism and leisure management offer new paradigms of thought and innovative methodological approaches. Through putting the cities and tourists in the forefront, the research outcomes provide a proactive vision to predict the future, enhanced capacity of farsightedness, and effective futurization scheme in local tourism governance. A content analysis was applied through using the Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), Scopus (Elsevier), and ScienceDirect (Elsevier) databases. The research outcomes imply that futurecast labs in tourism and leisure management have a significant effect on dealing with global issues by implementing a Triple Helix Model (THM). The futurecast labs supported and developed by government bodies, universities, and industry have the capacity and competency to construct a productive and innovative platform that encourages collaboration, partnership, and sustainable development.