Sport & Tourism: A Reader

Download or read book Sport & Tourism: A Reader written by Mike Weed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.