Laws on education. participants, policy and providers /
Mike Weed and Chris Bull
- Second Edition
- Amsterdam : Elsevier Science, c2009
- xix, 351 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tracing the development of the sport-tourism link -- Contemporary concepts, issue and research -- Conceptualizing the sports tourism experience -- Sports tourism behaviors and the trip decision-making process -- A sports tourism participation model -- The policy context -- Prospect for integration -- Sports tourism products -- Provision strategies -- Sports tourism as a diversification strategy in Malta -- Urban sports tourism - the case of Sheffield -- Rural sports participation tourism in Wales -- Winter skiing in the European Alps -- Cycling sports tourism -- Epilogue - Progress in sports tourism .
Further development of theoretical explanatory frameworks established by first editionSports 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.