Sports and Recreation Tourism

Contents: Preface. 1. Sports tourism in India. 2. Relationship between tourism and recreation. 3. The demand for recreation and tourism. 4. The supply of recreation and tourism. 5. The impacts of tourism and recreation. 6. Urban recreation and tourism. 7. Rural recreation and tourism. 8. Tourism and recreation in the pleasure periphery. 9. Coastal, marine recreation and tourism. 10. Tourism and recreation planning and policy. Bibliography. Index.

The mission is to understand and promote the development and sustainability of healthy communities and advance quality of life and well-being of individuals, families, and communities through parks, recreation, sports, and tourism. This mission is accomplished through teaching, which conveys the knowledge and values necessary for individuals to led responsible, productive and personally satisfying lives; and through scholarship which advances knowledge; and through engagement with society which enriches the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities throughout a diverse society. (jacket)