Effects Of Sports Tourism

This report also covers the nature and characteristics of a given segment of the leisure or events industry, what economic impact towards society using PESTLE to specify these aspects and also what skills required of managers in the segment mention on this topic.

Many people argue on whether or not travel sports are necessary. Some people say they are a good thing because they give kids team working abilities, but others say they are bad because the people who do not make the team are left with no physical activity. Travel sports are not necessary and sports should be more of a participation thing not all about winning because, they are bad for the kids who fail to make the team. Also they are a financial burden and a big time commitment.

As a sporting mega-event, the Olympic Games have numerous social impacts on the people, not only on those from the host country, but on individuals all over the globe.

This chapter reinforces schwartz argument that tourism has a tremendous impact on society. She writes of how citizens were coming up with ways that made them seemed more exotic, in order to attract more tourists. One example Schwartz writes about is the Siboney Sun Worshipers. These people claimed to be aboriginal Siboney Indians, and would performed a sun ritual that tourists highly enjoyed. Schwartz explains, that Cuba’s original Indians had been completely wiped out by diseases brought by the Spanish, and the island’s Indians never had a ritual of the sun. Her main point in this chapter is to demonstrate that when tourism becomes an important aspect of a country, everything changes. Residents along with the government soon adapt cultural aspects, trying to promote uniqness and exotism that will make them look more attractive to

On the other hand, the Olympics have created a positive economic impact for the host country in many other ways. The increased tourism causes an economic boost

Sports has integrated itself into the process of globalization, a common trend that assists in bringing everyone together. It calls for the gathering of different cultures to destroy language and religion barriers to cheer on their favorite teams. The 2014 FIFA World Cup, hosted in Brazil, called for over thirty two countries to come out and broadcast their support through singing and cheering. Sporting events forces you to come into contact with people of many cultures in which you wouldn’t have relations with on a daily basis. Stadiums are constructed worldwide to bring entertainment and more involvement within a community to attract more tourists. Sporting events give a city or a region a state of hope. For instance, the state of Florida

Sport tourism is one of “the fastest growing sectors of the global travel and tourism industry” (Heo, King). With this information, it is important to look at how sport tourism plays into the life of all ages of people. Active sport tourism is defined as “people who travel in order to participate in sporting events” (Heo, King). Active tourism can include watching, volunteering, or actually playing a sport. The experiment discussed in “Senior Games as Serious Sport Tourism” explains the purpose of the senior games, the revenue brought in from the games, who participates, and the benefits received for those who participate in sport tourism. The senior games are able to be classified as sport tourism because thousands of participants, volunteers,

Countries utilize both the vast market and the attractiveness to increase ticket sales, sales in merchandise and tourism in their country. For the 2012 Olympic in London, it was estimated that 471,000 people visited from overseas primarily for the Olympic/Paralympics. ("Visits to the UK for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympics - ONS", 2013, p. xx-xx) Not only does the country benefit from the ticket sales, but other businesses in the city (Hotels, restaurants, attractions, etc.) will flourish in business due to all the international trades that are occurring. The Olympic also provide jobs since the preparation, and the execution of the event requires a large staff as well as people with different skills. (Performers, construction workers, marketers, designers, etc.) Thanks to the Olympics, the United Kingdom saw a boost of £9.9 Billion ($17,805,486,600 CAD) in trades and investments. ("London 2012 Olympics 'have boosted UK economy by £9.9bn'", 2013) Hosting the Olympics can also make a psychological impact. With the great success Japan had in hosting the 1964 Olympics, (the first Asia Olympics as well as a method of being reaccepted by the rest of the world after World War Two), news that Japan will be hosting the Olympics 2020 significantly brought their citizen’s morale up after being hit with

Utility: I am going to use this article to compare the outcomes of different countries who hosted mega-events as well as to look at the political motivation that affected that country to bid to host in the first place. I will also use the article to look at how the mega-events affect different sectors of the country/city. The article is split up into five different sections that each go into depth regarding specific experiences, the politics and economics of sport in an urban setting, place promotion, and then finally the implications of opportunity costs and who is benefitting from hosting these huge events. I think this article has key points that will guide my argument that firstly; events of mass public appeal are politically driven, and that often the profits of these events are only truly benefiting a small sector of the

Also, DCMS built on Our Promise for 2012, in which the fifth promise was to demonstrate the UK is a creative, inclusive and welcoming place to live in, visit and for business. To achieve this promise, DCMS stated the plan that make the most of the long-term tourism benefits that the Games will bring nationwide (Our promise for 2012, 2015). As the nature of international tourism is exported service and goods, which has a significant proportion of economic outcome in tourism industry, this paper is aimed to analyse the impact of 2012 London Olympic Games on the inbound tourism in London and the UK. The impacts of the 2012 London Olympic Games on inbound tourism can cover a wide range of aspects, including service improvement, infrastructure improvement, star-hotel increase, tourist flows and so on; nevertheless, this paper will only focus on two aspects: overseas visitor arrivals and spending and destination image improvement.

This is estimated to generate an additional two and a half billion dollars in tourism exports (Arthur Anderson/CREA,1999, p 2). The Olympic games have also provided an important boost to employment. The Olympic Co-ordination Authority(OCA) estimates that more than 35,000 people have worked on Olympic Co-ordination Authority construction sites since the first project at Homebush Bay was started. It is estimated that since the Olympic Co-ordination Authority was formed in 1995, over twelve and a half million hours have been worked on Olympic related projects. There will also be multiplier effects. According to the Olympic Co-ordination Authority, every job created on a construction site created two more off site for suppliers, material producers and transport workers. (Olympic Co-ordination Authority,1999, p5.) The Olympics also boosted North South Wales’ employment by 5,300 in an average year of the 12 years representing the Olympic period. In addition 2,200 jobs were created outside North South Wales over the same period (Arthur Anderson/CREA, 1999, p3).

Sports have always been one of the major factors of the society and economy. Back in Ancient Greece, the homeland of the Olympic games, the Greeks believed that a healthy body was very important and sports played an important part of the society. Nowadays, the sport industry has grown to a direct and indirect economic impact of the countries, with organizations and sport events that have fans and supporters from all over the planet that are willing to spend a great amount of money in order to show their support for their favorite team, player or club. That happens because sports entertain people by watching their favorite sport teams play in some of the sports mega-events.

Olympic Games, as a global event, any Olympic Games will have a different impact on the environment, society, culture and economy of the host city and country. Especially since the 1980s, with the scale continues to expand, the impact of the Games on the host city and country of more concern. Another important issue will be social communities. For Olympic Games host city, it will has lots of change, like environment, social communities, local economic, etc.… But the host city still got something attractions and cultural staff. For example, Canada Whistler Winter Olympic Games, First, because of economic development, job opportunities increase, leading to increased consumer demand. Second, the Olympic Games will have a great demand for

However, some studies indicate that tourists might have cultural, social, economic and environmental impacts on the local residents. In fact, these recent studies have awakened

Sport is any organised, competitive, physical and educational activity involving individuals or team. However, sports itself have its value in individual lives and country as a whole. A country has its own popular sports that can be played within their region. In Solomon Islands, there are few popular sports that are played in the country. The most popular sport played is soccer. It can be played both recreationally and competitively. Thus, participating in popular sports in Solomon Islands has its benefits and drawback for participants. To participate in sport can be as player, coach or supporter. This essay will elaborate more on both the disadvantages and advantages of participating in a popular sport, which have consequence in the participant’s health and well-being.