This doctoral thesis investigates deeper in competitiveness and sports businesses dealing with the following overall research question: Which factors determine the competitiveness of sports businesses in Alpine tourism destinations? In context of this doctoral thesis, Porter's Diamond (1990)...

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...

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-...

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 --...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Case Study and Focus Point Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Introduction -- 1. Sport Tourism in Times of Change -- Part 2: Foundations of Sport Tourism Development -- 2. The Study of Sport Tourism -- 3. Sport Tourism Markets -- 4....

Dieses Fachbuch fokussiert auf das sport- und gesundheitstouristische Nachfrageverhalten der "Generation plus". Einer Konsumentengruppe in ihrer zweiten Lebenshälfte, die mit einer großen Neugier in Bezug auf sich selbst und die Welt und einem Plus an Interessen, Anspruch und Kaufkraft...

Introduction / Mark Dodds, Kevin Heisey and Aila Ahonen -- Part 1: International Sport Business Strategy Export of National Sport Leagues / Herbert Woratschek, Guido Schafmeister and Tim Strobel -- Sport Business Intelligence and Data-Driven Decisions: The Case of AKK Sports Ltd and WRC...

"Contemporary sport business is international. From global sport competitions and events, sponsorship deals and broadcasting rights to labour markets and lucrative flows of tourists, anybody working in sport business today has to have an international perspective. This book offers the broadest...

Tourists are increasingly more experienced and demanding and seek a wide range of experiences. They wish to broaden their horizon or feel enriched by engaging in new and specific sports activities. Therefore, sport in the modern tourism has not only a perceptual role, but it is also important...