Recently, the skill involved in playing and mastering video games has led to the
professionalization of the activity in the form of 'esports'(electronic sports). The aim of the …

This paper examines event tourism as a field of study and area of professional practice
updating the previous review article published in 2008. In this substantially extended review …

How a form of play becomes a sport: players, agents, referees, leagues, tournaments,
sponsorships, and spectators, and the culture of professional computer game play …

Understanding the sense of authenticity of heritage attractions is important for tourism
management and marketing because presentation, interpretation and verification has a …

Professionalized pursuits have been theorized to offer durable benefits to consumers, such
as a sense of self-actualization and identity development. In a situated investigation of an …

Climate change is the single most important global environmental and development issue
facing the world today and has emerged as a major topic in tourism studies. Climate change …

This article reviews 'event tourism'as both professional practice and a field of academic
study. The origins and evolution of research on event tourism are pinpointed through both …

Event Studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned
events. It focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events …

The nature and scope of festival studies is examined by compiling and analyzing a large-
scale literature review of 423 research articles published in the English-language scholarly …

This fourth edition of The Geography of Tourism and Recreation provides students with a
comprehensive introduction to the interrelationship between tourism, leisure and recreation …