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  • Sporting Venues as Tourist Attractions

    Edited by Gregory Ramshaw, Felipe Bertazzo Tobar, Sean Gammon ...
    This book provides a comprehensive international assessment of the relationship between tourism and sporting venues. Sporting venues are important instigators of tourism, with many professional sport sites attracting millions of visitors annually while also becoming icons of communities, clubs, sports, and nations. However, the concept of what constitutes a sporting venue, how sporting venues are ... Read more

    $85.19 CAD

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  • Nature Sports

    Concepts and Practice

    Edited by Ricardo Melo, Derek Van Rheenen, Sean Gammon ...
    This book represents the first international collection that challenges current thinking and research in the emerging field of nature sport. Owing to its inherent connections with fields such as business, leisure, health, tourism, and education, this emerging field has attracted perspectives from a wide range of theoretical viewpoints – much of which are discussed within this collection.In simple ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Heritage, Sport and Tourism

    Sporting Pasts – Tourist Futures

    Edited by Sean Gammon, Gregory Ramshaw ...
    Sport heritage is increasingly being recognised as a potent instigator of tourism; be it touring a historic stadium, visiting a sports hall of fame, or participating in a sport fantasy camp, tourists now have a vast array of locations and options to experience the sporting past. This book provides the first comprehensive resource on sport heritage as a tourist attraction. Using theoretical and ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Heritage and the Olympics

    People, Place and Performance

    Edited by Sean Gammon ...
    The Olympic Games have evolved into the most prestigious sport event on the planet. As a consequence, each Games generates more and more interest from the academic community. Sociology, politics, geography and history have all played a part in helping to understand the meanings and implications of the Games. Heritage, too, offers invaluable insights into what we value about the Games, and what we ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure

    Meanings, Motives and Lifelong Learning

    Edited by Sam Elkington, Sean Gammon ...
    We are entering a new era of leisure. Quality rather than quantity is now the focus of researchers, policymakers and managers. Technological change, an ageing population and a harsh economic climate are changing the values and practices of leisure, as well as the relationship between leisure, society and the individual.Contemporary Perspectives in Leisure uses a variety of disciplinary approaches ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

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    Proceedings of the International Student Conference in Tourism Research

    Edited by Roman Egger, Christian Maurer ...
    Proceedings of the ISCONTOUR The aim of the International Student Conference in Tourism Research (ISCONTOUR) is thus to offer students a unique platform to present their research and to establish a mutual knowledge transfer forum for attendees from academia, industry, government and other organisations. The annual conference, wich is jointly organised by the IMC University of Applied Sciences ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Theories of Practice in Tourism

    Edited by Laura James, Carina Ren, Henrik Halkier ...
    Tourism research that is inspired by theories of practice is currently gaining in prominence. This book provides a much-needed introduction to the potential applications of theories of practice in tourism studies. It brings together a variety of approaches exploring how theories of practice bridge themes and fields which are usually addressed separately within tourism research: consumption and ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Friendship

    Development, Ecology, and Evolution of a Relationship

    by Daniel J. Hruschka ...
    Series Book 5 - Origins of Human Behavior and Culture
    Friends-they are generous and cooperative with each other in ways that appear to defy standard evolutionary expectations, frequently sacrificing for one another without concern for past behaviors or future consequences. In this fascinating multidisciplinary study, Daniel J. Hruschka synthesizes an array of cross-cultural, experimental, and ethnographic data to understand the broad meaning of ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • Tourist Behaviour

    Themes and Conceptual Schemes

    by Prof. Philip L. Pearce ...
    Series Book 27 - Aspects of Tourism
    Tourism is an inherently social phenomenon. Tourists travel with others and experience places and cultures through interacting with both familiar and unfamiliar others. This volume presents a thorough tour of the social psychological processes which underpin contemporary travel. The fascinating phenomenon of tourist behaviour deals with topics such as motivation, destination choice, travellers' on ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Adventurous Learning

    A Pedagogy for a Changing World

    by Simon Beames, Mike Brown ...
    Adventurous Learning interrogates the word ‘adventure’ and explores how elements of authenticity, agency, uncertainty and mastery can be incorporated into educational practices. It outlines key elements for a pedagogy of adventurous learning and provides guidelines grounded in accessible theory. Teachers of all kinds can adapt these guidelines for indoor and outdoor teaching in their own ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Consumer Behavior in Travel and Tourism

    by Kaye Sung Chon, Abraham Pizam, Yoel Mansfeld ...
    Containing original and previously unpublished theoretical and empirical studies, Consumer Behavior in Travel and Tourism will give professionals, professors, and researchers in the field up-to-date insight and information on trends, happenings, and findings in the international hospitality business arena. A great resource for educators, this book is complete with learning objectives, concept ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Sport Tourism Development

    by Dr. James Higham, Dr. Tom Hinch ...
    Series Book 84 - Aspects of Tourism
    This book critically explores sport-related tourism drawing on the fields of sport management, the sociology of sport, consumer behaviour, sports marketing, economic, urban and sports geography, and tourism studies. It presents multidisciplinary perspectives of sport tourism, as structured by the geographical concepts of space, place and environment. The volume offers a comprehensive update of the ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD