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 …

Purpose–Events research is witnessing a gradual increase in experience‐related studies,
reflecting a challenge to the dominance of positivist, quantitative‐based studies. This …

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

Sports Tourism: Participants, Policy and Providers is an unparalleled text that explains
sports tourism as a social, economic and cultural phenomenon that stems from the unique …

The field of event Studies is described and its evolution considered, with specific reference
to three general subdivisions or discourses. Event tourism, event management, and …

This research extends our knowledge of liminality through investigating how the liminal
experiences of festival-goers are constructed in a Chinese music festival context. The …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the techniques involved in participant
observation and to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the method as related to event …

This article seeks to advance theory pertaining to serious sport tourism, through the
application of serious leisure and ego-involvement theory and the analysis of a survey of …

Jogging is a relatively under-researched mobile practice with much existing literature
focusing on 'serious' and competitive running. In this paper, we provide an account of some …

Over the last 13 years, parkrun has grown from a small time trial in Bushy Park, London, to
become a global social movement. During this time, much has been claimed about the …