International Perspectives in Sport Tourism Management

Part I: Trends in Sport Tourism Management

1. Sport Tourism from Researchers' Perspectives

Miklos Banhidi

2. Theory of Sport Tourism: Findings of the Past Decades

Miklos Banhidi

Part II: Sport Tourism Destinations

3. Sport Traditions, Habits, Rules, and Policies: Examples from the World 

Bijen Filiz and Giyasettin Demirhan

4. Environmental Aspects of Sport Tourism and Recreation

Monir Shahzeidi and Farhad Moghimehfar

5. Crowding in Outdoor Sports, Recreation, and Tourism: A Review of American and Canadian Parks and Protected Areas

Hannah R. Dudney and Farhad Moghimehfar

6. Comparison and Enlightenment of Leisure Sports Resorts in China and Abroad

Ling Ping and Yingqi Zhang

7. Winter Sport Tourism: An Ecological and Economic Point of View

Rudolf Leber

8. Sport Tourism and the Role of Open Spaces in Cities 

Lawal M. Marafa and Minkun Bill Liu

9. Managing Sport Tourism in Communities: Case Study in China

Lijun Jane Zhou and Miklos Banhidi

Part III: Sport Event and Activity Management

10. Cycling Tourism Events: Motivation and Participation

Marcel Grooten and Lenia Marques

11. Mountaineering Management 

Jaroslav Kupr and Klara Kuprova

12. Sports for Tourism: Developing Windsurfing in Taiwan 

Chung-Tzu Lucetta Tsai

Part IV: Sport Tourist and Benefits Management

13. Managing Sports Tourists: A Case Study from Hungary

Miklos Banhidi and Tamas Laczko

14. Human Benefits: Socio-Cultural, Mental, Physical, and Learning Outcomes

Bijen Filiz and Giyasettin Demirhan

15. Physiological Effects of Active Tourism

Petra Mayer, Zoltan Adam, and Marta Wilhelm

16. Health Benefits of Sport Touristic Activities

Miklos Banhidi, Kinga Nagy, and Gyongyver Lacza

17. Sports Tourism for People with Disabilities: A Case Study of South Africa

Marie Young, Barry Andrews, B. Knott, Y. Van der Westhuizen, Z. Magerman, T. L. Petersen, D. L. Reid, Angel Mahlalel, and M. R. Desai

Biography

Miklos Banhidi is a professor at the University of Physical Education and Sport Science in Budapest/Hungary. His teaching areas are the Theory and Practice of Leisure and Recreation, Geography of Sport, Tourism and Recreation, and Project Development. His research interest is Community development to improve citizens’ quality of life, with focus on how to design and manage healthy environments and organize powerful activities to achieve positive benefits. He has written numerous books and articles on recreation, geography of sport, health, and tourism. He has served as a visiting professor at the Karl Franzens University in Austria, at the University of Northern Iowa in the United States, and at Zhejiang University in China. He has given numerous lectures at several foreign partner universities. Along with his partners, he initiated and managed several student and youth exchange projects supported by the European Union. He served as the vice president of the United Games International, organizing festivals and workshops on peace and understanding worldwide. Currently, he is the president of the Sport Tourism Association within the Hungarian Sport Science Federation. Since 2009, he has been an elected member of the board of the World Leisure Organisation and its Executive Committee.

Farhad Moghimehfar is a research chair in Sustainable Rural Tourism and professor of Recreation and Tourism Management at Vancouver Island University, British Columbia, Canada. His research interests are framed within the context of sustainable tourism, rural tourism, and nature-based recreation, focusing on community tourism and studies of human behaviour and resilience of communities. Before joining Vancouver Island University, Farhad served as an instructor and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Alberta, Canada, and as an assistant professor at University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. He has conducted research on community tourism and outdoor recreation and provided community and professional advisory services related to recreation, tourism, and park planning in Canada and internationally. He has served BC’s communities by providing different services ranging from advanced data analysis to designing a carrying capacity analysis systems. Farhad serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Ecotourism and has published in leading journals, such as Tourism Management and Leisure Sciences.