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Sport & Tourism: A Reader
Contributor(s): Weed, Mike (Editor)
ISBN: 041542688X     ISBN-13: 9780415426886
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $84.14  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation
- Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
Dewey: 338.479
LCCN: 2007017395
Physical Information: 584 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

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.