Sports Tourism and Destinations

Dear Colleagues, 

The importance of sports tourism has risen during recent decades, and people are showing more care towards their health. Therefore, being active has become more important in daily life as well as on vacation, with sports events attracting high numbers of tourists, leading countries to add sports events to their touristic portfolios. In the existing literature, several types of sports tourism are described and/or investigated, e.g., active or passive, nature and action sports tourisms, emerging in urban as well as rural destinations, next to waterfronts and in mountains. Although there are various publications regarding sports tourism, there is still a lack of a comparison of different types of this phenomenon and its outcomes. This Special Issue asks for publications dealing with various types of sports tourism, focusing on their contributions towards their destinations’ sustainable development, inviting investigators from all over the world to share their work discussing examples and challenges regarding this topic. The Special Issue will help to understand the role of sports tourism in the sustainable development of destinations through reducing seasonality, attracting new target groups and/or touristic activities/products, educating touristic staff and transforming destinations, although papers beyond the mentioned scope are also welcome.

Possible Topics:

• Destination development through sports tourism
• Sports events and destinations
• Sustainable sports tourism and destinations
• Targeting new customers through sports tourism
• Reducing seasonality through sports tourism
• Motivation and travel behavior of sports tourists
• Opportunities and challenges of sports events and sports tourism
• Future markets in sports tourism

Additional topics are welcomed.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Hodeck
Guest Editor

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