The purpose of this study is to examine Thai residents' perceptions towards the sports tourism impacts. A total of 1,104 useful questionnaires selected residents from Bangkok/Chiang Mai/Chonburi/Nakhon Ratchasima/Phuket were analyzed. An original sports tourism impacts scale comprising 23 items...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction / Morgan, Michael / Lugosi, Peter / Ritchie, J.R. Brent -- Part 1: Understanding the Consumer Experience in Tourism and Leisure: Concepts and Issues -- Chapter 1. The Dimensions of the Tourist Experience / Cutler, Sarah Quinlan /...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Leisure Consumption, Shopping, And Tourism -- 2. Recreational Shopping, Leisure And Labor -- 3. Shopping Tourism -- 4. Tourist Shopping -- 5. What Tourists Buy: The Ubiquitous Souvenir -- 6. Shopping Venues And Contexts -- 7....

The concept of leisure has been discussed in numerous forums from sociology to psychology and has various connotations. The current study looks at leisure in the specific context of travel as a manifest part of leisure behavior. Based on extant literature the determinants of leisure travel are...