Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers is an essential text for anybody studying this unique topic. Extensively revised with cutting edge new material based on the latest research in the field. International case studies illustrate how theory is used in practice. Further development of theoretical explanatory frameworks established by first edition Sports Tourism: participants, policy and providers is an unparalleled text that explains sports tourism as a social, economic and cultural phenomenon that stems from the unique interaction of activity, people and place. Unlike other texts, it establishes sports tourism as a unique area that produces its own unique issues, concerns and controversies.