Sport and Adventure TourismDiscover the secrets to success in sport-related tourism and adventure travel! This essential handbook of sport-related travel provides an in-depth look at an international industry growing by leaps and bounds. Sport and Adventure Tourism serves as a unique reference resource for sports and tourism professionals, educators and students, presenting an invaluable overview of a niche market that&s rapidly outgrowing its niche. Covering every aspect of sport tourism from historical, economic, and sport-specific starting points, the book features thoughtful and incisive commentary from the foremost experts in the field. Presented in a concise, easy-to-read format, Sport and Adventure Tourism provides an unrivaled orientation to all facets of sport-related tourism and leisure management. Sports travel (both participatory and spectatorial) and adventure tourism are examined in terms of size and growth of the market, marketing and management strategies, and future prospects. The book includes international, up-to-date case studies, links to relevant Websites and an extensive roster of references. Sport and Adventure Tourism examines all aspects of sport-related tourism, including:
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Contents
A Profile of the Sport Tourism Industry | 13 |
Summary | 21 |
Historical Perspectives of Sport Tourism | 27 |
Resources of the Earth | 33 |
Planning Development | 49 |
The Sport Event Tourist | 55 |
Planning Developing and Marketing Sport Event | 64 |
Seminole County Florida Convention | 78 |
Golf Tourism Effects | 187 |
Case Studies | 193 |
Relevant Web Sites | 199 |
The Commodification of Adventure | 206 |
Theoretical Connections | 212 |
Influences upon British Adventure Tourism | 220 |
The Importance of Technological Developments | 227 |
The Future | 234 |
Conclusion | 84 |
Market Size | 92 |
Ski Field Location and Development | 98 |
Whistler Resort in Canada | 111 |
Hotel Markets Area of Origin | 118 |
Marine Tourism | 125 |
Marketing Issues | 145 |
Golf Tourism | 165 |
The Development and Use of Golf As a Destination | 171 |
The World Golf Tourism Market | 180 |
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Popular passages
Page 289 - Mclntosh et al. (1995: 10) take a more systems-based approach when defining tourism as 'the sum of phenomena and relationships arising from the interaction of tourists, business suppliers, host governments, and host communities in the process of attracting and hosting these tourists and other visitors'.
Page 289 - Sport permeates any number of levels of contemporary society, and it touches upon and deeply influences such disparate elements as status, race relations, business life, automotive design, clothing styles, the concept of the hero, language, and ethical values.