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Sports Tourism: Participants, Policy and Providers
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Review
"'Sports Tourism: Participants, Policy, and Providers' is an excellent resource for the in-depth exploration of the emerging field of sports tourism. The authors succeed in their original purpose, which is to move beyond the simple origins and links of the sport tourism field into the more complex issues of stakeholder characteristics, policy, and strategy... the authors' use of international examples to support their assertions and discussions make this a book that will be valuable to people of all nationalities."
- Sarah E. Hardin, Southeast Missouri State University, USA
Book Description
The most in-depth book on the market to cover this subject
12/02/2005
I did my Masters dissertation on 'outdoor adventure' sport tourism and I got really fed up with the Noddy books that were available to me (eg Standeven and DeKnop "Sport Tourism", Hudson "Sport and Adventure Tourism"). Now I'm starting a part-time PhD on sport tourism this book has enabled me to really think theoretically and conceptually about the area, its the only book I've come across that doesn't treat the topic in a really basic manner. The book goes beyond the usual impacts and events material to develop an analysis of industry stakeholders and the pariticipants in the sport tourism industry. The model of sport tourism participants is particularly useful in thinking about different types of sport tourists. Throughout the book its clear that the authors are drawing on a wide range of empirical research, and their perspectives and arguments are coherent and consistent. In fact, the cohenrence of the book is one of its strengths and something that elevates it above many other books in the area, particularly those that are edited collections.
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