Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-231) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The study of sports tourism -- Tracing interest in sports tourism -- An overview of the sport-tourism link -- Conceptualizing the sports tourist -- Participant profiles -- A typology of sports tourists -- The policy context -- Prospects for integration -- The market for sports tourism -- Provision strategies -- 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 -- The development of research and practice.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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 phenomen.
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Title
Sports tourism.
International Standard Book Number
0750652764
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Sports and tourism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Industries-- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.