Sport Tourism Events and Local Sustainable Development: An Overview
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Until recently, sport and tourism were studied as two distinct spheres of activity. However, the intersections between these two social phenomena have been gradually increasing, and the growing demand for travel related to sport has created the need for a new tourism segment, referred to as sports or sport tourism. The relationship between sport and tourism has also drawn considerable attention to the potential and real environmental, economic, and sociocultural impacts of these activities, both positive and negative. This chapter provides a review of scholarship to date, with particular focus on the linkages between small scale sport tourism events and local sustainable development. The chapter begins with a brief overview of the evolution of the sport tourism field, highlighting key conceptualizations and categorizations. It then discusses the predominant descriptions and categories of sport tourism events. Next, the chapter analyzes the meaning and practice of sustainable development at the intersection of sport and tourism, with particular emphasis on small scale sport tourism and local sustainable development. Finally, the chapter calls for a comparative methodology to provide a tool for sport tourism scholars globally.
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A mega event benefits a host destination in terms of attracting visitors to the event and drawing global attention to the destination. However, in addition to such short-term benefits, it can be a catalyst for longer-term tourism development in various aspects from economic to social. This publication on Maximizing the Benefits of Mega Events for Tourism Development provides practical references on what a host destination can do to fully leverage the event opportunity for tourism development with a variety of illustrative cases. Although the report refers to insights from mega events, the practical references can be applied to any scale of events in any destination.
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Sport and Tourism have a major socio-economic impact, appreciated in most civilian societies and increasingly recognized by governments. This is one of the many conclusions of this report which was prepared for the First World Conference on Sport and Tourism jointly organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and WTO.After developing a theoretical framework for the system of Sport and Tourism and analysing the future trends of sport and sports tourism this report looks at the different socio-economic impacts of sport and tourism and how they can be managed best.
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If you followed the Paris 2024 Olympics broadcast, you’ll have noticed the breathtaking city backdrop to events, the festive atmosphere and active support of spectators. Touted as marking a new era , the games introduced several innovations in its planning and delivery – starting with an opening ceremony outside a stadium for the first time ever.
I was fortunate to be among the Paris crowd as both a researcher and a sport fan. I research and teach sport tourism and international events. I’ve studied event impacts, especially on city branding, and the legacies of sport mega-events, most notably the 2010 men’s football World Cup in South Africa.
Read more: Fewer cities can afford to host the Olympics, but Paris 2024 may be clever enough to turn a profit
Sport tourism in South Africa is already a US$3.6 billion industry and forecast to grow. The country has a track record of hosting big sport events – like the annual Cape Town Rugby 7s tournament, the Nedbank Golf Challenge and the Comrades Marathon . It’s an appealing year-round golf destination with a developed sport and active leisure industry. There’s every reason to view this as a high-growth potential, niche economic sector for the country.
Although the last sport mega-event hosted by South Africa was in 2010 , there have been a few standout major events since then – the Africa Cup of Nations men’s football in 2013, the 2023 Netball World Cup and the 2023 T20 Women’s World Cup cricket among them.
So, what lessons can South Africa learn from France – a nation that is dominating innovations and development in the sport tourism industry?
1. Keep the pipeline flowing
France has succeeded in hosting an impressive pipeline of events. The successive mega-events of the Rugby World Cup 2023 and the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been interspersed with regular major events that attract tourism and boost nation-branding – like the Tour de France cycling, the French Open tennis and the Le Mans motorsport event. Beyond these major events, France hosts multiple big sporting events year-round. The nation continues to top the United Nations tourism destinations list , with sport adding an extra reason for tourists to visit or extend their stay, as spectators or participants.
While South Africa boasts a healthy number of annual sport events , the major and mega-events on this list have not been sustained. South Africa’s next mega-event will be the men’s Cricket World Cup in 2027.
Global event research indicates that it’s a portfolio of regular events, interspersed with major and mega-events, that really captures global attention and drives tourism numbers. The US is following this pattern, supporting the hosting of a succession of mega-events in the coming decade to complement its array of annual events. The men’s football World Cup in 2026 is followed by the Olympics in 2028 and the men’s Rugby World Cup in 2032.
2. Sustain the economic effects
Paris 2024 will leave a lasting tangible impact on some lesser-developed urban areas. A few years ago, for example, the Vaires-sur-Marne region strategically invested in the infrastructure to host the canoe, kayak and rowing events. Local entrepreneurs and businesses benefited from spectators passing by their stalls or establishments just outside the official event perimeter. It’s crucial, in South Africa, to find ways to include local entrepreneurs and businesses as local suppliers and benefactors from sport events.
The Seine-Saint-Denis municipality was targeted as an area for improvement. It’s now home to a new aquatics facility and the athletes’ village , which will become a residential and commercial development. The area is now served by a new public transport hub.
Admittedly, it’s too early to assess the longer-term sustainability and impact of these developments, which is now a focus of a collaborative research project. However, the planning of Paris 2024 indicates the development platform and transformational potential that mega-events of this nature hold for a city.
In South Africa, sport facilities are still largely based within historically advantaged neighbourhoods. France took a strategic and intentional approach to spreading benefits to other cities across the country, even hosting the surfing event in the French territory of Tahiti. South African events should seek to spread benefits and opportunities associated with larger-scale events to smaller towns and outside traditional urban hubs.
3. Keep your costs down
Mega-events have notoriously been associated with massive investments in facility development, often leading to “ white elephant ” (unused) stadiums after an event.
Paris has set a new standard in reimagining venues in creative and innovative ways, and in creating temporary stadiums in iconic locations. They also invested in sporting infrastructure over a long period not included in the Olympic budget. For example, the Roland Garros tennis centre was renovated to include roofs over the major courts, allowing the venue to become multi-purpose. After the French Open in June, the centre was easily transformed to host both Olympic tennis, and the Olympic boxing competition, in an indoor facility.
Paris is forecast to be the “cheapest” Olympics this century. Paris should inspire the creative use of town halls, museums, village squares and other public spaces for hosting events in South Africa.
4. Get people involved
The vision for Paris 2024 was to take the games to the people. It set out to bring events into the city centre and make many more events accessible to the public. This aligned with the International Olympic Committee vision to make the games younger, more urban and more accessible.
Organisers harnessed technology to personalise communication, ticketing and transport planning. While digital tickets have become common, Paris set new standards through its regular fan communications via email and apps to support spectator transport, ticketing and news.
Read more: Paris Olympics 2024: faster, higher, stronger -- and more data-driven
Through innovative stadium entertainment activations (a combination of live deejays, stadium lighting and artificial intelligence broadcasts on large screens), organisers were able to create interactive and memorable sensory experiences.
South Africa would do well to embrace these trends to develop smart events of the future. The country already has the foundations in terms of infrastructure and event hosting capability as well as a developed tourism sector. The example of Paris 2024 has provided insights on how mega-events can be hosted in a more economical and sustainable manner.
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The purpose of this paper is to review and critique the sport tourism literature as it stands in 1998, and to suggest a future research agenda. Disparities in the definition of sport tourism are ...
Consequently, the defini-. tion used in this article is as follows: sports tourism is a social, economic and cultural phenomenon arising from the unique. interaction of activity, people and place ...
Sports tourism generated $14.6 billion in tax revenues in 2019, with $6.8 billion accruing to state and local governments. Employment Generator A total of 739,386 jobs were sustained by sports tourism in 2019. This included 410,762 direct and 328,624 indirect and induced jobs. KEY FINDINGS The sports tourism sector is a driver of the U.S. economy
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opportunity sport tourism, individuals travel away from their homes to participate, actively or passively, in a recreational or competitive sporting activity, as a second-ary activity. The main motivation of the trip is to be on vacation or visit a place. In Sport Tourism Events and Local Sustainable Development: An Overview
sport tourism destinations have an opportunity to leverage the social setting of events to influ-ence pro-environmental behaviour. The present issue seeks to build on this base by examining the sustainability of sport tourism from a destination perspective. More generally, there is a well-established body of knowledge that sport tourism desti- ...
Tourism can contribute to sustainable development and the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This overview illustrates how sport tourism can contribute to the SDGs and what needs to be considered when developing sport tourism to ensure its contribution to sustainable development. The comparative strength of sport ...
Sport tourism represents an opportunity to develop and sustain the socio-economic activities of tourist destinations with specific characteristics and assets related to their heritage and gastronomic and physical offers. It is therefore considered a producer of virtuous socio-
PDF. Sport and Tourism are two driving forces for the promotion and sustainable economic development of tourism destinations. To better understand the links between tourism and sport and to increase the awareness of the benefits of their joint contributions, UNWTO and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) jointly organized the First World ...
sport economics, sport governance and sport tourism. He created a sport management Master's degree at Lille, led a research laboratory for ten years and has collaborated with the European Commission to develop the sport tourism side of the economy of sport. He now travels a lot for teaching, and to participate in conferences in numerous ...
Sports tourism is a niche form of tourism that is gaining popularity and thus expanding opportunities around the world (Parker, 2019). In fact, sports tourism is considered the fastest growing sector of the travel industry according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization.
Introduction. Destinations serve as the spatial context and reference point for this special issue. They are, in essence, the place where sport tourism is produced and consumed (Higham, Citation 2005).Whether sport tourism development takes the form of sport events, active participation or sport heritage activities, it draws on local resources and forms part of the complex dynamic of community ...
Sport tourism: An introduction and overview. The concept of sport-related tourism has become more prominent in the last few years as both an academic field of study and an increasingly popular tourism product (Gibson, 1998). This chapter provides an introduction to the concept and practice of sport tourism.
Why it Matters: Sports tourism is a fundamental axis, generating around 10% of the world's expenditure on tourism.It has an estimated growth rate of 17.5% between 2023-2030, moving masses intra and intercontinentally. Sports tourism can promote social, economic and environmental action, it accelerates development and can leave a long-lasting positive legacy.
Sports tourism is an emerging new category of tourism that has grown rapidly over the past decade. Properly developed and regulated, tourism can help meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Theoretical conceptualization of SEs and tourism. The studies by Hinch and Higham (Citation 2001) as well as Gammon and Robinson (Citation 2003) represent significant cornerstones in the field of sports tourism.Their most important contribution was to define the phenomenon of sports tourism, tracing its boundaries and providing a framework for future research questions.
Sport & Tourism. Author: WTO. Published: 2001 Pages: 164. eISBN: 978-92-844-0468-1. Abstract: Sport and Tourism are two driving forces for the promotion and sustainable economic development of tourism destinations. To better understand the links between tourism and sport and to increase the awareness of the benefits of their joint contributions ...
Sport tourism is de®ned as sport-based travel away from the home environment for a limited time, where sport is characterised by unique rule sets, competition related to physical prowess, and a playful nature. Sport was then examined as a tourist attraction using Leiper's (1990) systems model and the paper concludes with a proposed framework ...
rategic Plan. The City of Kamloops has built its vision for sport tourism around the Canadian Sport Policy.3 By adopting the goals of this policy, Kamloops has recognized that it will enjoy increased participation, economic generation, first class facilities, and more importantly, a more active and health.
The Sports Tourism Participation Model. The Sports Tourism Participation Model (Weed & Bull, 2004) plots sports tourism partici-pation against the importance placed on sports tourism activities and trips (see Fig. 1). Lev-els of participation increase along the horizontal axis, whilst the vertical scale indicates the amount of importance ...
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why sports tourism cannot be treated as a homogenous phenomenon. From the point of view of sports tourism - the tourist - participating in this type of trip may on the one hand (scale of activity) not require any special physical predisposition (visiting, observation), but on the other, it may refer to trips made by professional athletes.
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