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 seeks to present sports tourism as a unique area, which produces its own unique issues, concerns and controversies. The text 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...
Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers is an unparalleled text that explains sports tourism as a social, economic and cultural phenomenon ...
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...
Physical activity, inactivity and their relationship to health are a key concern for governments around the world. This book defines and explores t...
