Sport Tourism Development

Part of a series of works on academic approaches to tourism and development, this volume explores professional concerns in the development of sports tourism events and infrastructures. Updated and revised, the second edition includes information on sports tourism development during an economic downturn and provides detailed statistical, economic, and sociological data to complement its descriptive discussion of the issues. The work includes and references several detailed case studies illustrating key aspects of the discussion. Hinch is a professor of recreation at the University of Alberta, Canada and Higham is a professor of tourism at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Distributed in the US By UTP Distribution. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)