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" Sport & tourism : "
edited by Mike Weed.
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BL
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1033720
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b788090
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Sport tourism : : a reader /\ edited by Mike Weed.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2008.
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, ©2008
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xii, 580 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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0415426871
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: 041542688X
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: 9780415426879
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: 9780415426886
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0203937686
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9780203937686
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Part I: Sport & tourism research approaches. Sports tourism theory and method- concepts, issues and epistemologies / Mike Weed -- Sport tourism at a crossroad? Considerations for the future / Heather J. Gibson -- Sport tourism: a framework for research / Tom Hinch and James Higham -- Outdoor adventure tourism: a review of research approaches / Karin Weber -- Sport and tourism research: a geographic approach / James Higham and Tom Hinch -- Sports tourism research 2000-2004: a systematic review of knowledge and a meta-evaluation of methods / Mike Weed ---- Part II: Understanding the sports tourist. Sport, tourism, and authenticity / Tom Hinch and James Higham -- Adventure sport tourism in rural revitalisation- an ethnographic evaluation / Carla A. Costa and Laurence Chalip -- Insights from role theory: understanding golf tourism / Heather J. Gibson and Lori Pennington-Gray -- An examination of the determinants of golf travelers' satisfaction / James F. Petrick and Sheila J. Backman -- Mountain guiding and adventure tourism: reflections on the choreography of the experience / Paul Beedie -- Package adventure tours: markers in serious leisure careers / Maurice J. Kane and Robyn Zink -- Classification of adventure travelers: behavior, decision making, and target markets / Heidi Sung -- Recreation conflict among skiers and snowboarders / Jerry J. Vaske [and others] -- In search of relived social experience: group-based nostalgia sport tourism / Sheranne Fairley ---- Part III: Impacts of sport & tourism. The economic impact of visitors at major multi-sport events / Holger Preuss -- Economic aspects and the summer Olympics: a review of related research / Evangelia Kasimati -- The use and misuse of economic impact analysis: the case of professional sports / Ian Hudson -- Marketing the host city: analyzing exposure generated by a sport event / B. Christine Green, Carla Costa and Maureen Fitzgerald -- Leveraging subculture and identity to promote sports events / B. Christine Green -- Small-scale event sport tourism: fans as tourists / Heather J. Gibson, Cynthia Willming and Andrew Holdnak -- Host and guest relations and sport tourism / Elizabeth Fredline ---- Part IV: Policy and management considerations for sport & tourism. Critical (realist) reflection on policy and management research in sport, tourism and sports tourism / Paul Downward -- Towards a model of cross-sectoral policy development in leisure: the case of sport and tourism / Mike Weed -- Why the two won't tango! Explaining the lack of integrated policies for sport and tourism in the UK / Mike Weed -- Public strategies for local development: the effectiveness of an outdoor activities model / Christopher Hautbois and Christophe Durand -- Tourism, sport and seasons: the challenges and potential of overcoming seasonality in the sport and tourism sectors / James Higham and Tom Hinch -- Measuring destination competitiveness: an empirical study of Canadian ski resorts / Simon Hudson, Brent Ritchie and Seldjan Timur -- Addressing participation constraint: a case study of potential skiers / Peter Williams and Paul R. Fidgeon -- Local business leveraging of a sport event: managing an event for economic benefit / Laurence Chalip and Anna Leyns.
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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: a) understanding the sports tourist; b) impacts of sports tourism; c) policy and management considerations for sports tourism; and d) 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. -- Back cover.
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Sports and tourism.
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Idrottsturism.
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Sport
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Sports and tourism.
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Tourismus
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| Dewey Classification
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338.4/791
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| LC Classification
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G155.A1S626 2008
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RB 10783rvk
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| Added Entry
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Weed, Mike
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| Parallel Title
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Sport and tourism
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