Heritage, Sport and Tourism: Sporting Pasts - Tourist Futures / Edition 1

by Sean Gammon, Gregory Ramshaw

Overview

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 applied studies from researchers in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, this book finds that the sporting past is a key component in tourism’s future.

The convergence of heritage, sport and tourism involves many different and diverse fields, including sport tourism, heritage tourism, sport management, and sports geography. This book will serve the needs of students, researchers, industry practitioners in these fields, as well as those interested in sport heritage as a tourist attraction.

This book was first published as a special issue of the Journal of Sport Tourism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415442480
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/16/2007
Pages:	166
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sean Gammon, Gregory Ramshaw

Table of Contents

Introduction. Sporting Pasts – Tourist Futures. More than just Nostalgia? Exploring the Heritage/Sport Tourism Nexus. The Spectacle of the Past: Leveraging History in Fenway Park and Camden Yards. Heritage Tourism and Canadian Junior Hockey: Consumption in Space over Consumption of Place Sports Memorabilia: Collecting Places, Artefacts and Experiences. Sport, Nostalgia and the British and Irish Lions: From Players on Tour to Tourism Phenomenon. Expanding the Conceptualization of Nostalgia Sport Tourism: Lessons Learned from the Fans Left Behind after Sport Franchise Relocation. Stadia Tours and the Power of Backstage. The Sustainability of Sports Heritage Attractions: Lessons from the Australian Football League Hall of Fame Olympic Opportunity: Realising the Value of Sports Heritage for Tourism in the UK. Conclusion. The Future of Sports Heritage.