Sport & Tourism: A Reader

Mike Weed (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

584 Seiten

2007
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-42688-6 (ISBN)

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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.

Mike Weed is Professor of Sport in Society and Director of Research in the Department of Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He is the Editor of the Journal of Sport & Tourism.

Introduction Part 1: Sports Tourism Research Approaches and Potential Future Directions. Editor's Commentary and Papers Part 2: Understanding the Sports Tourist. Editor's Commentary and Papers Part 3: Sports Tourism Impacts. Editor's Commentary and Papers Part 4: Policy and Management Considerations for Sports Tourism. Editor's Commentary and Papers. Editorial Summary and Conclusion

Zusatzinfo	72 Tables, black and white; 14 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	1043 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	0-415-42688-X / 041542688X
ISBN-13	978-0-415-42688-6 / 9780415426886
Zustand	Neuware