Dear All
I am pleased to announce that 'Sport Tourism
Destinations: issues, opportunities and analysis', by James Higham
(Editor), ISBN 0750659378, 320pp, HB, £29.99GBP/€44.95EURO/USD$50.00) is
now available through the Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann website http://books.elsevier.com/hospitality
'Sport Tourism Destinations' examines the
planning, development and management of sport tourism destinations. With
contributions from international experts, this book examines the dramatic
effects sport tourism has on the economy, environment and society, and
critically considers the opportunities and challenges that relate to the
development and management of sport tourism destinations. International case
studies are used to create a real life context, including the
The book systematically covers:
* Analysis: applies principles of destination resource
analysis to the study of sport tourism destinations
* Planning and development: illustrates the mutually
beneficial links between sports, tourism and destination planning
* Marketing and management: explores theoretical and
applied aspects of sport tourism destination marketing and management
* Sport tourism impacts and environments: identifies
and discusses critical issues of sustainable development at sport tourism
destinations
CONTENTS
1 Sport tourism destinations: issues, opportunities
and analysis
Part 1: Sport Tourism Destination Analysis
2 Introduction to sport tourism destination analysis
3 Sport tourism destination resource analysis
4 Sport tourism markets
5 Understanding sport tourism experiences
6 Sport tourism destinations: the active sport tourist
perspective
Part 2: Sport Tourism Destination Policy and Planning
7 Introduction to sport tourism destination policy and
planning
8 Sport tourism planning
9 Sport and tourism policy: the national and regional
policy contexts for sport tourism destinations
10 Strategic partnerships for sport tourism
destinations
Part 3: Sport Tourism Destination Marketing and
Management
11 Introduction to sport tourism destination marketing
12 Marketing, media, and place promotion
13 Sport tourist behaviour: the example of the Masters
games
14 Winter sports destinations: dealing with
seasonality
15 Sport and urban tourism destinations: the evolving
sport, tourism and leisure functions of the modern stadium
Part 4: Sport Tourism Impacts and Environments
16 Introduction to sport tourism impacts and
environments
17 The economics of sport tourism at major sports
events
18 Sport tourism and national resource impacts
19 Culture, sport and tourism: the case of the Artic
Winter Games
20 The influence of sport on destination development:
the case of golf at
Part 5: Conclusion
21 The future of sport tourism
'Sport Tourism Destination: issues,
opportunities and analysis' is available free to lecturers for adoption
consideration. Simply email your request to [log in to unmask] (please
include contact information, annual enrolment and course start date).
Many thanks
Amanda Arthur
Business Marketing - Elsevier Science and Technology
Books
Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 (0) 1865 314996
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