1. Douglas Michele Turco, PhD; and Kamilla Swart, EdD
C H A P T E R 22
International Sport Tourism
Douglas Michele Turco, PhD; and Kamilla Swart, EdD
Chapter 22

2. Chapter Objectives
Describe the components of the sport tourism industry
Define key terms in sport tourism
Differentiate the three main segments of the sport tourist market
(continued)

3. Chapter Objectives (continued)
Describe the economic, sociocultural, environmental, political, and legacy impacts of sport tourism
Identify constraints to travel and sport tourism for persons with and without disabilities
Introduce the steps and considerations for strategic sport tourism planning

4. Sport and Tourism Intersection

5. Sport Tourism Defined
Sport tourism can be defined simply as travel to a destination to experience sport.
It is leisure-based tourism that takes people temporarily outside their home environment to participate in or watch physical activities or venerate attractions associated with physical activities (Gibson, 1998, 49).

6. Tourist Defined
A visitor for at least one night but not more than six months and whose main purpose of visit is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited

7. Sport Tourism System (i. e
Sport Tourism System (i.e., Interactions of the Sport Tourism Industry in the Marketplace)

8. Types of Sport Tourists
Participatory sport tourists
Event-based sport tourists
Celebratory sport tourists

9. Sport Event Spectator Market Segments and Descriptions
See table 22.2 on page 443 of International Sport Management.

10. Figure 22.3 Sport Tourism Consumers

11. Figure 22.4 Sport Tourism Suppliers

12. Economic Behaviors of Sport Tourists
Holding all other variables constant, Tang and Turco (2001) found that for every 100 miles (160 km) a visitor group traveled, they spent on average US$26.08.
First-time sport tourists spend more money than repeaters do.

13. Measures to Assess Residents’ Perceptions of Sport Event Social Impacts