Research in the field of Tourism, Hospitality, and Events tries to identify and understand various aspects and issues in the tourism industry. The two broad areas of our research are dark tourism and transport and tourism. We adopt a practical and social-scientific perspective, covering the tourist experience, rural toursm and entrepreneurship, sustainability, service management and sports tourism. We work with partners in France, Germany, The Netherlands as well as in the UK. UCLan is one of the highest ranked universities in the UK for Tourism research. Indeed, the Division of Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management is one of the highest-rated in the UK for its research. Adopting both a practical and social-scientific perspective, research under the broad banner of tourism covers a variety of topics, including the tourist experience, rural tourism and entrepreneurship, issues related to tourism and sustainable development, quality service management in hospitality and events, slow travel, tourist-host relationships and sports tourism. Much of this work occurs nationally and internationally in collaboration with other academic institutions, industry bodies and the public sector, ensuring that research activities are internationally focused on achieving quantifiable impact and outcomes.