Active Sport Tourism (eBook, ePUB)

Global Insights and Future Directions
Redaktion: Gibson, Heather J.; Buning, Richard J.; Kennelly, Millicent; Lamont, Matthew

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume serves to expand theory-driven understandings of active sport tourism by showcasing five empirical studies examining a variety of active sport tourism contexts. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Sport & Tourism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429576522
• Artikelnr.: 59535978

Autorenporträt

Heather J. Gibson is a Professor in the Department of Tourism Recreation & Sport Management at the University of Florida, USA. Her research focusses on understanding leisure, sport, and tourism (sport tourism) behaviour in the context of gender and life stage, and the meaning and wellbeing associated with such participation. Matthew Lamont is a Senior Lecturer at Southern Cross University, Australia, with research interests in active sport tourism and sport- based leisure. Millicent Kennelly is a Senior Lecturer at Griffith University, Australia. Her research interests revolve around active sport tourism and sport event management, with a particular focus on participatory sport events and amateur athletes. Richard J. Buning is a Lecturer in the tourism discipline at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests include sport tourism and event management. Within this area, his research agenda is focused on the progressive experiences of participant based active travel at the individual, event, and community level.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to the Special Issue Active Sport Tourism 2. 'Doing it for
Dot': exploring active ageing sport tourism experiences through the medium
of creative analytical practice 3. Ultramarathon runners' perception of
place: a photo-based analysis 4. Exploring sport participants' event and
destination choices 5. The carbon footprint of active sport tourists: an
empirical analysis of skiers and boarders 6. The relationship between sport
tourists' perceived value and destination loyalty: an experience-use
history segmentation approach