Sports tourism : participants, policy and providers / Mike Weed and Chris Bull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weed, Mike.

Contributor:

Bull, Chris (Chris J.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports and tourism.

Physical Description:

xvi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, 2004.

Summary:

Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers 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. * A unique text, covering the subject in unprecedented depth. * Extended case study chapters provide practical illustrations of the conceptual frameworks and theories. * Substantial areas of the book underpinned by extensive empirical data and primary research.

Contents:

Prologue: the study of sports tourism xi

Part 1 Context 1

1 Tracing interest in sports tourism 3

2 An overview of the sport-tourism link 15

Part 2 Participants 39

3 Conceptualizing the sports tourist 41

4 Participant profiles 54

5 A typology of sports tourists 73

Part 3 Policy 85

6 The policy context 87

7 Prospects for integration 102

Part 4 Providers 119

8 The market for sports tourism 121

9 Provision strategies 137

10 Sports tourism as a diversification strategy in Malta 153

11 Urban sports tourism: the case of Sheffield 164

12 Activity tourism in Wales 175

13 Winter skiing in the European Alps 189

Epilogue: the development of research and practice 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-231) and index.

ISBN:

0750652764

OCLC:

52877298

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