Seminar paper from the year 2024 in the subject Tourism – Miscellaneous, grade: 2, 0, University of Applied Sciences Saarbrücken (Wirtschaftswissenschaften), course: Kulturmanagement, language: English, abstract: Sport tourism refers to travelling in order to either participate or watch a sporting event. This form of tourism has become increasingly popular worldwide, with millions of people engaging in various forms of sport-related travelling each year. People, for example, attend major sporting events such as the Olympics or the World Cup, or they travel to participate in sports such as hiking or surfing.
In the following, this niche of tourism will be analyzed, specifically in context of culture and the motivation.