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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 sports tourism and include diverse
areas such as the economic analysis of sports events, sub-cultures
in sports tourism, adventure tourism and tourism policy.
Physical activity, inactivity and their relationship to health are
serious concerns for governments around the world. This is the
first book to critically examine the policy and practice of
physical activity from a multi-disciplinary, social-scientific
perspective. Moving beyond the usual biophysical and
epidemiological approaches, it defines and explores the key themes
that are shaping the global physical activity debate. Unrivalled in
its scale and scope, it presents the latest data on physical
activity from around the world, including case studies from Europe,
North and South America, Africa and Asia. Drawing on social,
economic and behavioural sciences, it covers contexts from the
global to the local and introduces the dominant ideas which inform
the study of physical activity. Its 41 chapters examine the use of
different forms of evidence in policymaking, the role of
organisations in advocating physical activity, and the practical
realities of public health interventions. The Routledge Handbook of
Physical Activity Policy and Practice is a landmark publication for
all students, academics, policymakers and practitioners interested
in the social-scientific study of sport, exercise, physical
activity and public health.
Physical activity, inactivity and their relationship to health are
serious concerns for governments around the world. This is the
first book to critically examine the policy and practice of
physical activity from a multi-disciplinary, social-scientific
perspective. Moving beyond the usual biophysical and
epidemiological approaches, it defines and explores the key themes
that are shaping the global physical activity debate. Unrivalled in
its scale and scope, it presents the latest data on physical
activity from around the world, including case studies from Europe,
North and South America, Africa and Asia. Drawing on social,
economic and behavioural sciences, it covers contexts from the
global to the local and introduces the dominant ideas which inform
the study of physical activity. Its 41 chapters examine the use of
different forms of evidence in policymaking, the role of
organisations in advocating physical activity, and the practical
realities of public health interventions. The Routledge Handbook of
Physical Activity Policy and Practice is a landmark publication for
all students, academics, policymakers and practitioners interested
in the social-scientific study of sport, exercise, physical
activity and public health.
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 sports tourism and include diverse
areas such as the economic analysis of sports events, sub-cultures
in sports tourism, adventure tourism and tourism policy.
Olympic Tourism is the first text to focus on the nature of Olympic
tourism and the potential for the Olympic Games to generate tourism
in the run up to and long after the hosting of a Games. The
awarding of the 2012 Olympics to London will see an increasing
interest in the phenomena of organising, managing and analysing the
issues which surround mega-event sport tourism. This text will
address these issues and using detailed case analysis of previous
and future games, discuss how to maximise the success of managing
tourism at these events. Written from an international perspective
this text provides the reader with:
* An exploration of the relationship between sport, tourism and the
Olympic Games
* A guide on how to establish Olympic tourism as a phenomenon that
goes far beyond the visits of spectators, athletes, officials and
dignitaries during the Games themselves.
* An examination of the detail of Olympic tourism flows before,
during and after the Games
* Analysis of the requisite partnerships between a range of sport,
tourism, Olympic and other agencies to successfully leverage and
deliver maximum tourism benefits
* The tools to draw lessons from case studies of previous and
forthcoming winter and summer Olympic Games in the 21st
Century
* A discussion of the potential tourism legacies of the Olympic
Games
The World Tourism Organisation and International Olympic Committee
hosted a major international conference on sport and tourism in
Barcelona, Spain (February 2001). This conference represented a
defining moment in the growing recognition of the relationship
between sport and tourism, and specifically in the recognition of
the role the Olympic Games can playin tourism generation. The
conference represented official recognition of the tourism
potential of sport and the Olympic Games by these leading
international organisations. Olympic Tourism is a timely response
to this international interest and will be an essential resource
for all.
* Examines both the impacts of the pre- and post-games periods and
the key aspects of policy, planning and strategy required to
effectively maximise Olympic tourism
* Underpinned by established theoretical perspectives from tourism
and sports tourism it explores the relationship between sport,
tourism and the Olympic Games
* Case studies based on cutting edge research in the field, draw
lessons from the most recent and forthcoming Olympics
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 that 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 this phenomenon and the problems of achieving
integration between two sectors with historically different
cultures providers: their motivations, aims, objectives and
strategies Illustrated by international case studies in each
chapter, and with four extended case study chapters, Sports
Tourism: participants, policy and providers examines this area
using real life experiences and concrete evidence.
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
established sports tourism as a unique area that 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 this phenomenon
and the problems of achieving integration between two sectors with
historically different cultures
* providers: their motivations, aims, objectives and strategies
Now in its second edition the text has been further developed to
include material on cutting-edge developments in the field and is
illustrated by all new case studies including a chapter on cycling
tourism and North American professional team sports.
Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers is an essential
text for anybody studying this unique topic.
* Completely revised with cutting edge new material
* Illustrated with all new international case studies
* Further development of theoretical frameworks established by
first edition
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