Sport Tourism: Interrelationships, Impacts and Issues

Aimed at students and practitioners, this text examines the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the development and promotion of sport tourism. Containing 15 contributions from international academics, it takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the connections between sports tourism and issues such as crime, urban regeneration, sustainable development, and quality of life. The volume is not indexed. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Brent W. Ritchie is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism at the University of Canberra, Australia and a Faculty Fellow in the Faculty of Management and Information Sciences, University of Brighton, England. He has published in the areas of active and event sport tourism and is member of the Journal of Sport Tourism editorial board.

Daryl Adair is a Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Head of the Centre for Sports Studies at the University of Canberra, Australia. He has published widely in the areas of sport and popular culture.