To promote international cooperation in the field of the activities of sociology of leisure; to exchange theoretical and practical information among all countries and experts concerning the results of investigations on leisure; to convene international seminars, symposia, meetings on leisure; to prepare and circulate reports about the development and problems of leisure in different countries and regions; to promote organised documentation on leisure in cooperation with other documentation centers; to identify sociological problems in leisure and organize international research projects.

RC50 Research Committee on International Tourism has become a Cross-Interest Committee of RC13.