Sport & Tourism: A Reader
Author | : Mike Weed |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 593 |
Release | : 2007-10-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134090976 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134090978 |
Rating | : 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This Reader provides comprehensive coverage of the scholarly literature in sports tourism. Divided into four parts, each prefaced by a substantial introduction from the editor, it presents the key themes, state of the art research and new conceptual thinking in sports tourism studies. Topics covered include: understanding the sports tourist impacts of sports tourism policy and management considerations for sports tourism approaches to research in sports tourism Articles cover a broad range of the new research that has a bearing on sports tourism and include diverse areas such as the economic analysis of sports events, sub-cultures in sports tourism, adventure tourism and tourism policy.