Sports tourism
- New Delhi Viva Books 2006
- 302p.-
Sport tourism is one of the fastest growing market segments in the tourism industry. This book examines the economic, social and environmental impacts concerned with the development and promotion of sport tourism. The book also outlines the major issues associated with the development of sport tourism globally, including the lack of research and coordination between industry and government. The book suggests the need for a more balanced analysis of the impacts and issues associated with future sport tourism development. A variety of specialist authors from different regions of the globe discuss these impacts and issues within 15 different chapters.
This book is suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students studying sport tourism. events tourism, tourism management and sport studies. The book will also be useful for managers in public and private sector organisations associated with sport tourism.
"This is a comprehensive examination of the sport tourism field. The strengths of the volume are not only in the multi-disciplinary approach to the subject, which provides a number of original insights into a new and rapidly expanding field of study, but also in the diversity of subject matter. This should be an essential text for all Sport Tourism students.