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Routledge - Tourism at the Olympic Games: Visiting the World

Name: Routledge - Tourism at the Olympic Games: Visiting the World
Brand: Routledge
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Explore the deep connection between global sporting events and the travel industry with Tourism at the Olympic Games: Visiting the World. Published by Routledge, this book examines how the Olympic Games serve as more than just a sports competition. It looks at how these events act as major drivers for tourism and cultural shifts across the globe. Learn how hosting the Olympics provides nations with a chance to promote their regions and develop urban areas. The text explores how cities from Athens to Rio de Janeiro use Olympic landmark buildings, specialized districts, and parks to transform their landscape. These developments create lasting material and symbolic value, turning host locations into major tourist attractions within a competitive global market. This work is an essential resource for those studying the impact of mega-events on city regeneration and regional development. It provides a detailed look at how the physical and cultural changes brought about by the Olympics shape the way people visit and interact with different parts of the world.

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Examines the role of the Olympic Games as a major setting for global tourism and cultural change.

Analyzes how hosting these games helps countries promote and develop cities and entire regions.

Provides insights into how Olympic landmark buildings and parks create lasting tourist attractions.

Explores the transformation of urban districts from Athens to Rio de Janeiro through mega-event hosting.

Discusses the development of cities within the competitive global tourism marketplace.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 113893965X
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 06 October 2015
Listed Since: 01 April 2015

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