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 …

This paper proposes the term 'active leisure events' to ameliorate fragmentation of research
concerned with 'mass-participation'events primarily aimed at non-elite participants. This …

Policymakers in destinations regularly struggle to identify effective ways to evaluate the
impacts of planned events. Especially problematic is the relative lack of knowledge about …

Popular culture tourism encompasses a range of expressive practices that attract fans
traveling to destinations associated with their fandom pursuit. However, scholarship on this …

As a new breed of lifestyle sport enthusiasts' derby grrrls' are pushing the boundaries of
gender as they negotiate the nexus of pleasure, pain and power relations. Offering a socio …

With the rise of international cycling tourism, it is necessary to study the role that motivations
and satisfaction play in explaining the probability of repeat participation. This study analyses …

ABSTRACT In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the participation of women in many
activities, including employment, is severely restricted and their continued exclusion from …

Planned events can be considered as texts, conveying and interpreting the social order of a
community. Academic conferences and conventions also represent a community; they …

Sport tourism experiences are subjective and emotional, laden with symbolic meaning. This
study explores the experiences of participants who adopted the multiple roles of both an …

This study explores the role of the human body in tourism and focuses on cultural tourists'
experiences of flamenco dance and music in Seville, Spain. It is suggested that the tourists …