Sport tourism : concepts and theories / edited by Heather Gibson. - xv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Sport in the global society . - Sport in the global society. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sport tourism : concepts and theories : an introduction -- Leisure constraint theory and sport tourism -- Serious leisure, social identity and sport tourism -- Something lived, something learned : nostalgia's expanding role in sport tourism -- Towards an understanding of 'why sport tourists do what they do' -- Building sport event tourism into the destination brand : foundations for a general theory -- Sport tourism as an attraction for managing seasonality -- Host and guest relations and sport tourism -- Sport tourism, cityscapes and cultural politics -- Marketing sport tourism : creating synergy between sport and destination -- Service quality perspectives in sport tourism -- Public sector support for sport tourism events : the role of cost-benefit analysis -- A grounded theory of the policy process for sport and tourism -- The management of sport tourism. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

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