Ninth International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies

Abstract

New! Coastal Ecologies (N!CE) Research is positioned within the cross-section of spatial and social studies disciplines, establishing a link between architecture and leisure culture. N!CE reviews tourism as an industry developed through programming services for leisure practices, analyzes and compares different architectural responses that create a space for leisure, as the fields where new tendencies for producing areas for enjoyment have emerged. The research focuses on the analysis of the coastal area and the development of seaside resorts as a generic type of resort. More specifically, the case studies are located on the Mediterranean coast of Croatia. In addition, N!CE reviews, analyzes and investigates alternative realities focused on the following questions: What made leisure possible throughout history? What will leisure be? What kind of new services is the tourism industry launching on the market? And what kind of space accommodates these services? Finally, what and where is the space that responds to the tourist gaze offered to a demographic cohort of the emerging generation searching for a life-changing, adrenalin-pumping, awe-inspiring adventure, and experience, living in the reality of the metaverse?