Development course of sports tourism

The real sports tourism originated from the mountaineering club founded by the British in 1857, and then many related clubs were established in various countries. It was not until the early 20th century that foreign sports tourism began to take shape gradually.

Sports tourism in China has experienced the embryonic stage represented by traditional sports and cultural activities such as court hunting, cuju activities, dragon boat races and study tours, the rising stage led by international large-scale events such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup, and the mass sports and leisure development stage starting from the Eighth National Games.

After the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, China's sports tourism entered a stage of rapid promotion, mainly focusing on the construction of sports venues, sports parks, the development of sporting goods and the holding of sports events. Now, with the great development of global tourism, a new era of deep integration of sports and tourism is ushered in, and the spring of sports tourism comes quietly.

The three elements that make up sports tourism are:

1, sports resources are the core.

For example, Europe needs tickets from Manchester United and Real Madrid to attract tourists. For example, Ali Sports must have the resources to have dinner with Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in order to build its high-end, customized private sports tourism.

2. Tourism consumption is fundamental.

Simple sports, without combining tourism elements such as eating, living, traveling, shopping, entertainment, business, teaching and leisure, have no tourism economic value. For example, activities such as fitness and table tennis in parks or community squares do not belong to sports tourism.

3. Industrial integration is the direction.

In other words, there must be core sports resource characteristics and tourism industry elements, and the two are integrated across borders, both of which are indispensable, and sports tourism is indispensable. The concept of sports tourism is from broad sense to narrow sense, and there are many aspects. To sum up, it is a tourism format based on sports, with tourism as its form and cross-border characteristics.