Sports, or more correctly, Sport Tourism refers to travel which involves either viewing or participating in a sporting event staying apart from their usual environment. Sport Tourism is the fastest growing sector in the global travel industry and equates to $600 Billion a year.
Classification of Sport Tourism
There are several classifications on sport tourism. Gammon and Robinsom suggested that the sports tourism are defined as Hard Sports Tourism and Soft Sports Tourism, while Gibson suggested that there are three types of sports tourism included Sports Event Tourism, Celebrity and Nostalgia Sport Tourism and Active Sport Tourism.
Hard and soft Sport Tourism
Hard definition of sport tourism refers to the quantity of people participating at a competitive sport events. Normally these kinds of events are the motivation that attract visitors visits the events. Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, F1 Grand Prix and regional events such as NASCAR Sprint Cup Series could be described as Hard Sports Tourism.
Soft definition are relatively the tourists travel for participating on recreational sporting, or signing up for an leisure interests. Hiking, Skiing and Canoeing can be described as the Soft Soprts Tourism.
Sport Events Tourism
Sport event tourism refers to the visitors who visit the city with the purpose of watching the events. A good example of this would be during the Olympics. Each Olympic host city receives an immense amount of tourism.
Celebrity and Nostalgia Sport Tourism
Celebrity and Nostalgia Sport Tourism involves in two areas including visits to the sports halls of fame and venue and meeting famous sports personalities in a vacation basis.
Active Sport Tourism
Active Sport Tourism refers to those who participate in the sports or events.
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