This book examines the economic, social and environmental impacts and issues associated with the development of sport tourism globally, including the lack of research and coordination between industry and government. The book suggests the need for a more balanced analysis of the impacts and issues associated with future sport tourism development.

Dr Ritchie is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Tourism at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests have focused on city and capital tourism, visitor behaviour and tourism marketing. He has also published extensively in the area of tourism crisis and disaster planning, management and recovery, in journals such as Tourism Management, the Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing and Current Issues in Tourism. He is also co-editor of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management and on the editorial board of four tourism journals including Tourism Recreation Research.

Brent W. Ritchie is a Senior Lecturer in Tourism at the University of Canberra, Australia and a Faculty Fellow in the Faculty of Management and Information Sciences, University of Brighton, England. He has published in the areas of active and event sport tourism and is member of the Journal of Sport Tourism editorial board.

Daryl Adair is a Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Head of the Centre for Sports Studies at the University of Canberra, Australia. He has published widely in the areas of sport and popular culture.