3. Sports Tourism
Sports tourism, or more correctly, Sport Tourism refers to travel which involves
either observing or participating in a sporting event.
4. Sports can be either a permanent demand driver for a destination (for example
a ski resort) or an occasional one (for example an Olympic venue).
12. Sports Tourism in
numbers (world)
The world's sport
tourism runs at
14% annually
increased
Athens Marathon The Authentic
13. …and already
holds a 25% as
an alternative
form of tourism
in some countries
and continues
undeterred its
upward trend
throughout the
world and in our
country.
Heraklion FIBA Under-19 World Championship
14. VisitBritain
said sports
tourism is
worth £2.3
billion to the
British
economy as
visitors who
actually took
part in sport
spent another
£1.2 billion on
their hobby.
Norwegian fans in Premier League
**VisitBritain
15.
16.
17. Sports Tourism in
numbers (neighbors)
9 billion €9 billion €
12 million travellers12 million travellers
15.5 billion €15.5 billion €
26 million visitors26 million visitors
Sports Tourism All types of tourism
**Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) 2015
18. Turkey according to
TURSAB, announced that
more than 550.000
tourists in 2014 visited
the country for sporting
reasons. The rate is
proportionately small, only
1.5% of the total tourism,
but the trend is growing,
especially as reported in
the survey, the average
foreign tourist spends
800$ in Turkey and a
tourist doing sports
tourism spends $1.648,
a little more than double
amount.
**Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB)
19. It emerged, during the
information day, that the
contribution of sports
tourism to the local
economy was more than
$44 million yearly as
well as the significance the
sector has in relation with
mitigating the problem of
seasonality.
**Cyprus Sports Organisation (CSO)
37. «Από ομονοίης τα
μεγάλα έργα»
Δημόκριτος
Με την ομόνοια
πετυχαίνονται τα
μεγάλα
κατορθώματα.
“With –Homonoia- or
else –Harmony-great
things could be
accomplished”
Democritus
39. China's outbound tourism industry is expected to further increase in 2016, with
133 million tourists headed abroad, according to the China Tourism Academy.
Caissa believes the next decade will be a boom period for China's sports tourism
industry, which is expected to increase by as much as 40%.
UK sports fan spends 7 hours 24 minutes following sport in an average week,
in comparison with the 5 hours and 24 minutes they spend on social media.
120,000 Chinese tourists are expected in Greece in 2016
Athens Marathon The Authentic 2015: Italy was 1st
in participations & Poland
was 2nd
The number of Polish visitors to Greece this year is expected to reach 900,000
UK revenue in 2015 reached the 1,749 million euro
40. The profile of a sports
tourist
The profile of the man who makes sports tourism is included in the range of the top 10 tourists with
high spending in the world.
They are more adventurous, like to travel, have the habit to travel with their family, as sports is a fun
activity for the whole family, and also tend to return to the destination which has offered them
unforgettable experiences and created unique memories.
Another important element is that the places the specific tourists visit have history, monuments,
comfortable accommodation, -meaning- a complete entertainment package. In a few words, they
stay longer in duration than other types of tourists, while contributing also to other forms of
tourism.
