Planet Geography

Planet Geography

Chapter 1 of Our Planet’s Leisure, Sport and Tourism is ‘Changing leisure patterns’.  It comprises 16 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Leisure
   

2. • Classifying tourist and sporting activities
   

3. • Economic development and leisure
   

4. • Comparative case studies of leisure in Mexico and Sweden
   

5. •Factors affecting participation in sport and tourism
   

Chapter 2 of Our Planet’s Leisure, Sport and Tourism is ‘Tourism and sport at the local and national scales’.  It comprises 17 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • The growth of tourist hotspots
   

2. • Spheres of influence
   

3. • National sports leagues
   

4. • Case study of a national sports league - the AFL
   

5. • Large scale festivals
   

6. • Case study of a large festival in a rural location, the Enga Cultural Festival
   

Chapter 3 of Our Planet’s Leisure, Sport and Tourism is ‘Tourism and sport at the international scale’.  It comprises 38 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Niche national tourism strategies
   

2. • The role of TNCs in expanding international tourism destinations
   

3. • Tourism as a national development strategy
   

4. • Case study of tourism as a national development strategy in Turkmenistan
   

5. • International sporting events
   

6. • Case study of the costs and benefits of hosting the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
   

Chapter 4 of Our Planet’s Leisure, Sport and Tourism is ‘Managing tourism and sport for the future’.  It comprises 23 pages divided into the following sections:

1. • Unsustainable tourism
   

2. • Case study of managing the Angkor World Heritage Site, Cambodia
   

3. • Sustainable tourism
   

4. • Case study of sustainable tourism in Serra Cafema, Namibia
   

5. • Case study of sustainable tourism in Tiger Leaping Gorge, China
   

6. • Future international tourism
   

7. • International sport participation