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What is Sports Tourism?

Sport tourism refers to the experience of travel to engage in or view sport-related activities.

Gammon and Robinson 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

The "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 could be described as hard sports tourism.

The "soft" definition of sports tourism is when the tourist travels to participate in recreational sporting, or signing up for leisure interests. Hiking, Skiing and Surfing can be described as soft sports tourism.

Sport events tourism

Sport event tourism refers to the visitors who visit a city to watch events. The two events that attract the most tourist worldwide are the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup. These events held once every four years, in a different city in the world. Sports tourism in the United States is more focused on events that happen annually. The major event for the National Football League is the Super Bowl, held at the end of the year in different city every year.
Celebrity and nostalgia sport tourism
Celebrity and nostalgia sport tourism involves visits to the sports halls of fame and venue and meeting sports personalities in a vacation basis.

Active sport tourism

Active sport tourism refers to those who participate in the sports or events.