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. Illustrated by international case studies in each chapter, and with four extended case study chapters, this book examines this area using real life experiences and concrete evidence.
Autorentext
Mike Weed, Chris Bull
Zusammenfassung
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 participantspolicy: analyses the response by policy makers to this phenomenon and the problems of achieving integration between two sectors with historically different culturesproviders: their motivations, aims, objectives and strategiesIllustrated 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.
Inhalt
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;