27141 Sport Tourism

Subject level: Undergraduate

Handbook description

The subject examines concepts and practices that underpin the symbiotic relationship between sport and tourism. This includes sport as an active endeavour for tourists, as well as sport as a commodity for witness and consumption by audiences. Students develop an understanding of management, policy and delivery issues in two of the world's largest and fastest growing industries, and how they combine today. Interplays between sport tourism and the economy, sociocultural dynamics, the environment, urban development and public policy are thus critically investigated. The subject also includes discussion of cultural variations in sport and tourism, contemporary developments and likely trends in the future of sport tourism.

Subject objectives/outcomes

On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:

1. demonstrate an understanding of key concepts and practices underpinning sport tourism in both local and global contexts
2. analyse the economic, sociocultural and environmental impacts of sport tourism
3. critically examine operational facets of the management of sport tourism.

Contribution to graduate profile

This subject is an elective for undergraduate students in the School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism. The subject provides a theoretical overview of relationships between the sport and tourism industries; the practical economic, sociocultural, and environmental implications and consequences of sport tourism interactions; as well as organisational structures, policy issues and management strategies deployed in sport tourism delivery systems. By drawing together the growing academic literature on sport and tourism, the subject helps students to analyse sport tourism products and their various manifestations.

Teaching and learning strategies

Teaching and learning strategies include lectures and tutorials, group presentations, individual essays, on-line discussions, and end of semester examinations. Content for this subject will be supported by UTSOnline.

Content

• Sport and tourism: an international overview
• Historical development of connections between sport and tourism
• Infrastructure of sport, tourism, and sport tourism
• Sport as a growing segment of the tourism industry
• The economic, sociocultural and environmental impacts of sport tourism
• Administrative and policy issues
• Management and marketing in sports tourism
• Sport tourism in the twenty-first century

Assessment

Assessment item 1: Seminar (Group)

Assessment item 2: Paper (Individual)

Assessment item 3: Examination (Individual)

Required text(s)

Higham, J. (ed) 2005, Sport Tourism Destinations, Elsevier Publications, UK.

(Available from the Co-op bookshop)

Indicative references

Useful and recommended readings

Gibson,H. 2006, Sport tourism: concepts and theories, Routledge, London.

Hinch, T. & Higham, J. (eds) 2005, Sport tourism destinations : issues, opportunities and analysis, Elsevier Publishing, UK.

Hudson, S. (ed) 2003, Sport and adventure tourism, Haworth Hospitality Press, New York.

James, D. 1996, Strategic business leveraging of a mega sport event : the Sydney Olympic Games experience, CRC for Sustainable Tourism, Gold Coast, Qld.

Novelli, M. (ed) 2005, Niche Tourism : contemporary issues, trends and cases, Elsevier Publishing, Amsterdam.

Richie, B. & Adair, D. (eds) 2004, Sport tourism : interrelationships, impacts and issues, Channel View Publishing, UK.

Standeven, J. & De Knopp, P. 1999, Sport Tourism, Human Kinetics, Champaign, Ill.

Journals

Annals of Tourism Research

Current Issues in Tourism

International Journal of Tourism Research

Journal of Leisure Research

Journal of Marketing Research

Journal of Park and Recreation Administration

Progress in Tourism and Hospitality Research

Sport in Society

The Journal of Tourism Studies

Tourism Management

World Leisure

Sport Marketing Quarterly

Sports Business

Journal of Consumer Marketing

Sport Management Review

Marketing News

Sportsbiz

Sports Journal Update