Sports tourism : participants, policy, and providers / Mike Weed and Chris Bull.
"Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers tackles these issues from three viewpoints:* participants: examining the profiles, motivations and behaviour patterns of sports tourists to create a typology of participants.* policy: analyses the response by policy makers to this phenomenon a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; London :
Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann,
2004.
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| Summary: | "Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers tackles these issues from three viewpoints:* participants: examining the profiles, motivations and behaviour patterns of sports tourists to create a typology of participants.* 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.* A unique text, covering the subject in unprecedented depth. * Extended case study chapters provide practical illustrations of the conceptual frameworks and theories.* Substantial areas of the book underpinned by extensive empirical data and primary research."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0750652764 9780750652766 |