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
* A unique text in this fast growing area, focussing on the effects of sporting events on the tourism destination economy * Contributions from international experts * Each chapter focuses on practical real life examples and case studies to clearly illustrate the links between theory and practice.
James Higham is a Professor in the Department of Tourism, University of Otago, New Zealand
"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
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