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Sport and Tourism: A Reader
Paperback
Main Details
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Sport and Tourism: A Reader
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Mike E. Weed
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback | | Pages:592 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 246,Width 174 |
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| Category/Genre | Tourism industry
Sport and leisure industries |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780415426886
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| Classifications | Dewey:338.4791 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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| Illustrations |
72 black & white tables, 14 black & white line drawings
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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| Imprint |
Routledge
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| Publication Date |
1 November 2007 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Author Biography
Mike Weed is Professor of Sport in Society and Director of Research in the Department of Sport Science, Tourism and Leisure at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He is the Editor of the Journal of Sport & Tourism.
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