Sports Tourism, 2e : Participants, policy and Providers

Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers is an essential text for anybody studying this unique topic. . Extensively revised with cutting edge new material based on the latest research in the field. . International case studies illustrate how theory is used in practice. . Further development of theoretical explanatory frameworks established by first edition 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 establishes 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 participation model * 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 Now in its second edition the text has been further developed to include material on cutting-edge developments in the field and is illustrated by new and extended case studies including a brand new case study on cycling tourism. Professor Mike Weed is Director of the Centre for Sport, Physical Education & Activity Research (SPEAR) and Faculty Research Director for the Faculty of Social & Applied Sciences at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He is Editor of the Journal of Sport & Tourism and author of Olympic Tourism (Elsevier) and Sport & Tourism: A Reader (Routledge) Dr Chris Bull is Head of the Department of Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He has over 30 years' experience as a teacher, researcher and consultant in the field of tourism, sport and leisure and is co-author of Introduction to Leisure Studies (Pearson Education) * Completely revised with cutting edge new material * Illustrated with all new international case studies * Further development of theoretical frameworks established by first edition