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| Author: | Shipway, R. Jones, I. |
| Title: | Running away from home: Understanding visitor experiences and behaviour at sport tourism events |
| Journal: | International Journal of Tourism Research
2007 : SEP/OCT, VOL. 9:5, p. 373-383 |
| Index terms: | Cyprus tourism leisure |
| Freeterms: | sports |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Sport tourism research has been subject to claims of lacking coherence, empirical support and theoretical underpinning. This paper deals with these issues through an examination of a group of distance runners participating in the Cyprus International Four-day Challenge. Using the concepts of 'serious leisure' and 'social identification', the behaviours of this sport tourists' group are described and explained. There is found a strength of identification (here as: id-n.) of participants having with the activity, and the nature of the event itself. This sense of id-n. is used to explain the unique ethos of the group, the use of significant personal effort etc. |
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