Sport Tourism Destinations: Issues, Opportunities and Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780750659376 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 320 str.

James Higham

Opis

Examines planning, development and management of sport tourism destinations. This book looks at the effects sports tourism has on the economy and the tourism destinations. It covers the topics sports tourism destination analysis, destination planning and development, destination marketing and management, and sport tourism impacts and environments.

Recenzje

"Researchers as well as students will find this book valuable for accessing the current body of knowledge on sports tourism, and will be stimulated to engage in research on unanswered questions surrounding sport tourism destinations."

Tourism Management
Volume 27, Issue 5 , October 2006, Pages 1078-1079

Spis treści

Part 1: Sport tourism destination analysis; Destination resource analysis; Understanding sport tourism markets: Understanding sport tourist experiences; Players and teams
Part 2: Destination planning and developmentChapter ; Sport and tourism management; Sport tourism policy; Sports tourism destinations: Planning and development issues; Strategies for sport tourism destinations
Part 3: Destination marketing and management; Marketing, media and place promotion;Sport tourist behaviour;Sport and tourism seasonality; Sport and urban destination management
Part 4: Sport tourism impacts and environments; The economics of sport tourism at major sports events; Sport tourism and resource impacts; Sport, culture and place; Sport and the evolution of destinations; The future of sport tourism

O autorze

James Higham is a Professor in the Department of Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand