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Sports 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. Unlike other texts, it establishes sports tourism as a unique area that produces its own unique issues, concerns and controversies. Extensively revised with cutting edge new material based on the latest research in the field, this edition uses recent international case studies to illustrate how theory is used in practice. The text tackles the complex and...

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...

Physical activity, inactivity and their relationship to health are a key concern for governments around the world. This book defines and explores the key policy and practice issues related to physical activity. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing on social, economic, behavioural, communication and policy sciences, and covering contexts from the global to the local, it introduces the dominant ideas which inform thinking about physical activity and its study. It examines the use of different forms of evidence in physical activity policy; the role of organisations which advocate...