Participation in sports activities combined with unique sports resources can provide people with extraordinary experiences. It is especially true for tourism where sports activities are an important content of stay. The aim of this paper is to analyse how sports experiences could be planned and...

Many thousands of people travel to the Olympic Games, European or world competitions, championships of basketball, football, tennis, rally, and the other kinds of sport. Events that attracts crowds of people and "are visited regularly or once" (Hall, 1989) are called "Mega". This paper analysis...

Sports tourism is a tool for economic development. Even a lack of resources does not eliminate opportunities for participation in sports tourism. Sports tourism can be a catalyst for economic development. Individually, each of the various sectors of the sports tourism economy can create...

The Winter World Masters Games (WWMGs) are a large sports event for 30+-year-old athletes. As there are neither competitive qualification requirements for participants, nor entrance fees for spectators, the event can be considered as a participatory sports tourism event rather than a spectator...

There are hundreds of golf courses throughout the Indonesian archipelago. Those golf courses were originally designed by the world’s famous designers. Most of those golf courses are located in the scenically locations, which allow golfers to enjoy the picturesque beauty of Indonesia. Jakarta,...

The influx of people attending sport events involves creating wealth in the environment where they are held. To understand the impacts of these events on the host community, it is necessary to analyze the main explanatory variables in relation to models of buying behavior in tourism, so as to...