Sports Tourism
1st Edition
Published on 23. May 2012
320 pages
978-1-136-36420-4 (ISBN)
Description
Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers is an unparalleled text that explains sports tourism as a social, economic and cultural phenomenon that stems from the unique interaction of activity, people and place. Unlike other texts, it seeks to present sports tourism as a unique area that produces its own unique issues, concerns and controversies.
The text tackles these issues from three viewpoints:
participants: examining the profiles, motivations and behaviour patterns of sports tourists to create a typology of participants
policy: analyses the response by policy makers to this phenomenon and the problems of achieving integration between two sectors with historically different cultures
providers: their motivations, aims, objectives and strategies
Illustrated by international case studies in each chapter, and with four extended case study chapters, Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers examines this area using real life experiences and concrete evidence.
The text tackles these issues from three viewpoints:
participants: examining the profiles, motivations and behaviour patterns of sports tourists to create a typology of participants
policy: analyses the response by policy makers to this phenomenon and the problems of achieving integration between two sectors with historically different cultures
providers: their motivations, aims, objectives and strategies
Illustrated by international case studies in each chapter, and with four extended case study chapters, Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers examines this area using real life experiences and concrete evidence.
Reviews / Votes
"'Sports Tourism: Participants, Policy, and Providers' is an excellent resource for the in-depth exploration of the emerging field of sports tourism... the authors' use of international examples to support their assertions and discussions make this a book that will be valuable to people of all nationalities."- Sarah E. Hardin, Southeast Missouri State University, USA
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
3,83 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-36420-4 (9781136364204)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
10/2003
1st Edition
Butterworth-Heinemann
€154.50
Shipment within 15-20 days
Persons
Mike Weed, Chris Bull
Content
Part 1 Context; Chapter 1 Tracing interest in sports tourism; Chapter 2 An overview of the sport-tourism link; Part 2 Participants; Chapter 3 Conceptualizing the sports tourist; Chapter 4 Participant profiles; Chapter 5 A typology of sports tourists; Part 3 Policy; Chapter 6 The policy context; Chapter 7 Prospects for integration; Part 4 Providers; Chapter 8 The market for sports tourism; Chapter 9 Provision strategies; Part 5 Case Studies; Chapter 10 Sports tourism as a diversification strategy in Malta; Chapter 11 Urban sports tourism: the case of Sheffield; Chapter 12 Activity tourism in Wales; Chapter 13 Winter skiing in the European Alpsepilogue Epilogue: the development of research and practice;
