Sports Tourism / Edition 1

Sports Tourism / Edition 1

by Chris Bull, Mike Weed
ISBN-10:
0750652764
ISBN-13:
9780750652766
Pub. Date:
10/29/2003
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0750652764
ISBN-13:
9780750652766
Pub. Date:
10/29/2003
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Sports Tourism / Edition 1

Sports Tourism / Edition 1

by Chris Bull, Mike Weed

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780750652766
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/29/2003
Pages: 258
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mike Weed, Chris Bull

Table of Contents

Context; Tracing interest in sports tourism; An overview of the sport-tourism link: Participants - Conceptualising the sports tourist; Participant profiles; A typology of sports tourists: Policy - The policy context; Prospects for integration: Providers -The market for sports tourism; Provision strategies: Case studies - Sports tourism as a diversification Strategy in Malta; Urban sports tourism: the case of Sheffield; Activity tourism in Wales; Winter skiing in the European Alps
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