The current study explores direct spending profiles of sport event tourists in a very small rural destination as an alternative to the multiplier effect economic impact studies. Sport event tourism has been used as an economic engine tool by a variety of destination sizes but has been neglected...

Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I. Conceptual and Methodological Frameworks: A Comparison of Place from an Eco-territorial Perspective -- Chapter 1. Small Island States or Territories -- Chapter 2. The Geography of Island Spaces: Adventure Grounds for Sport Tourism -- Chapter 3. Sport Tourism,...

Purpose: Active sport tourism is one of the fastest rising leisure segments. Considering the extensive growth of both the millennial and baby boomers generation in this sector, there are large-scale economic potentials for tourism practitioners. The aim of this study is to explore the...

This book outlines the impacts of small scale sport tourism events on local sustainable development in different countries. Using half marathons organized in small and medium sized cities as an example, the chapters are robust case studies, applying a unified methodology in order to provide a...

Chapter 1: Running Tourism and the Global Rise of Small-Scale Sport Tourism Events -- Chapter 2: Sport Tourism Events and Sustainable Local Development - An Overview -- Chapter 3: Defining a Methodology for a Cross-national Comparative Study -- Chapter 4: Algeria: Economic, social and...

Ob die Sehnsucht nach Natur, der Wunsch nach Abstand oder eine Suche nach unverfälschten, authentischen Erlebnissen: Das wachsende Interesse vieler Reisenden am Landleben und ländlichen Regionen birgt unzählige Chancen und Spannungsfelder in der Tourismusentwicklung. Wie in deutschen und...

The influx of people attending sport events involves creating wealth in the environment where they are held. To understand the impacts of these events on the host community, it is necessary to analyze the main explanatory variables in relation to models of buying behavior in tourism, so as to...

The influx of people attending sport events involves creating wealth in the environment where they are held. To understand the impacts of these events on the host community, it is necessary to analyze the main explanatory variables in relation to models of buying behavior in tourism, so as to...

Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag untersucht das Bild der Deutschen vom Gardasee in der Phase der Durchsetzung des Massentourismus in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Gardasee war eine der ersten Auslandsdestinationen und ein wichtiges Scharnier zwischen Bildungs- und Badeurlaub, Alpen-...

Purpose This paper aims to explore the journeys of a group of North American Master athletes who travelled to Scotland to compete in the 2014 Masters World Championship Highland Games. Conceptualising, the Masters World Championship Highland Games as a unique form of sport heritage tourism, the...

1 Introduction -- 2 Tourist mobility as an experience maker: understanding the blank space -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Results: Physical, sensory, social and emotional features of journey experiences -- 5 Results: Selected individual journey experiences -- 6 Discussion and conclusion -- 7 Outlook --...