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New Challenges and Trends in Sport Tourism and Its Development Impacts

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Tourism, Culture, and Heritage".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 29223

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Patrick Bouchet

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CREGO Research Laboratory, University of Burgundy, 21000 Dijon, France
Interests: actors’ behaviours (consumers, groups and organizations) linked to the sport and active leisure consumption (tourism, event and retailing)
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Prof. Dr. Claude Sobry

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URePSSS Research Laboratory, University of Lille, 59000 Lille, France
Interests: the economics of sport, sport tourism and sport development
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Sport tourism is a multifaceted phenomenon with an international dimension. This sector has been in a perpetual motion over the last fifty years to become a complex and global market (Bouchet and Sobry, 2019). In traditional sport logic, regional, commercial, legal, environmental, cultural, technological, and security factors come into play. The social, ecological, and economic impact of sport tourism and intensification of active leisures has been boosting tourist activities in three main domains: changes in representations of physical activity, sources of hedonism, art of living and health; activation of the imaginary to access new tropisms and areas seen as playgrounds and/or discovery; and multiplication and diversification of active leisure and adventure services. In addition, the new traveler differs from the former traveler because of their permanent interconnection with the world and one’s family through GPS, SMS, e-mail or sites, affinity or even through one’s professional environment while creating a safety net in one’s movements and a stop to the feeling of adventure or the cut-off from one’s daily life. Fifty years after its dawn, it is possible to legitimately raise the question of whether sport tourism will be more creative or destructive in terms of development and wealth for tourists, providers, destinations, cities, regions, and states. For the last decade, news trends have apparently been emerging in sport tourism in the context of a global geopolitical insecurity, climate change and resulting accidents (storms, tsunamis, floods, etc.), and an unprecedented health crisis. In terms of foresight, many important issues seem likely to influence sport tourism in the future.

Manuscripts addressing new challenges and new trends in sport tourism and its development impacts are welcome. For this Special Issue, papers that address the following topics, among others, are requested:

  • New technological, health, climate change and security challenges in sport tourism;
  • Innovations in sport tourism;
  • New communications and/or connections in sport tourism;
  • Sustainable development and sport tourism;
  • Global or local management of sport tourism;
  • Creation of new values in sport tourism;
  • Best environmental management practices for sport tourism;
  • Co-creation or/and co-production in sport tourism;
  • Branding destinations or/and smart destinations linked to sport tourism;
  • New entrepreneurship in sport tourism areas;
  • Other relevant topics related to the subject.

Prof. Dr. Patrick Bouchet
Prof. Dr. Claude Sobry
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sport tourism
  • new trends
  • development impacts
  • societal responsibilities
  • technological
  • health
  • climate change and security challenges

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Ski Tourism: A Case Study as a Booster for the Economic Development of Chongli, in China
by Jianxia Li, Sorina Cernaianu, Claude Sobry and Xijia Liu
Sustainability 2021, 13(23), 13318; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313318 - 1 Dec 2021
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Chongli, an internationally renowned ski mecca, is famous for hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics. As a booster of local economic development, ski tourism facilitates Chongli in moving away from poverty, and provides a new model for the economic development of other impoverished areas [...] Read more.
Chongli, an internationally renowned ski mecca, is famous for hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics. As a booster of local economic development, ski tourism facilitates Chongli in moving away from poverty, and provides a new model for the economic development of other impoverished areas in China. The aim of this research is to analyze the impact of ski tourism in Chongli on local economic development in detail, to clarify the relationship between ski tourism and its related industries, and propose improvement measures, using the methods of the literature review, Delphi and investigation. This paper presents a detailed analysis of indicators which reflect ski tourism and its economic development, and calculates the degree of influence of skiing tourism on local economic development. The results show that, except for transportation, storage and postal services, the local economy of Chongli is positively affected by the income of ski tourism and the number of ski tourists. The influence coefficient of ski tourism has exceeded the average level of social influence. Based on the place of ski tourism in Chongli, some strategies, such as extending the industrial chain and improving product quality to strengthen the economic impact of ski tourism, are proposed. Full article
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Nature Sports: Prospects for Sustainability
by Derek Van Rheenen and Ricardo Melo
Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 8732; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168732 - 5 Aug 2021
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This paper articulates a paradigm shift in the adoption of a critical ecopedagogy focused on substantive and systemic change within nature sports. In analyzing the unifying concept of nature sports, we propose an ontological shift towards genuine sustainability, a communion among people and [...] Read more.
This paper articulates a paradigm shift in the adoption of a critical ecopedagogy focused on substantive and systemic change within nature sports. In analyzing the unifying concept of nature sports, we propose an ontological shift towards genuine sustainability, a communion among people and with nature. These activities comprise a group of physical practices that have the potential to challenge participants in novel ways that provide an alternative to traditional sports and the ideological values associated with these dominant sports, such as competition and personal gain. Nature sports inscribe meaning on bodies in motion, with a blurring or erasure of boundaries, as participants become one with nature rather than seeking to exploit or conquer it. These novel and countercultural practices promise the possibility of systemic sustainability, as participants redefine sport in terms of relational equity and ecoliteracy. As a utopian project, this systems approach recognizes the nature-sport nexus as a living framework to honor culturally appropriate practices and traditions in building an ecological movement centered on environmental justice. In this way, nature sports offer an opportunity to reimagine sustainable development through the promotion of a circular, rather than linear, economy—an economy based on re-creation rather than exploitation and waste. Full article
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A More Sustainable Management of Domestic Tourists in Protected Natural Parks: A New Trend in Sport Tourism after the Covid-19 Pandemic?
by Anne-Marie Lebrun, Che-Jen Su and Patrick Bouchet
Sustainability 2021, 13(14), 7750; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147750 - 12 Jul 2021
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One of the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis has been the development of proximity tourism in outdoor spaces being less conducive to the spread of the virus. From a study preceding this pandemic, this article seeks to better understand the experiences lived [...] Read more.
One of the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis has been the development of proximity tourism in outdoor spaces being less conducive to the spread of the virus. From a study preceding this pandemic, this article seeks to better understand the experiences lived by domestic tourists from when they visited two typical protected natural parks as specific experiential contexts (extraordinary versus ordinary) providing different experiences. Each experiential context enables the distinction of actual visitors’ experiences inside each park—education, esthetics, entertainment, escapism, physical activity—differentiated, on one hand by the visitors’ participation axis and, on the other hand, by the absorption-immersion axis influencing the visitors’ arousal and memory. A structural equation model tested the data collected (n = 1000) in both experiential contexts and shows their moderator effect. The results underline the link between the experiential context and the actual experiences and highlight the interest of a new global framework including the visitors’ participation and a bodily axis relative to the specific context. This research could help managers of protected natural parks adjust their domestic tourists’ experience offer during pandemic crises by implementing specific sustainable and sanitary strategies. Full article
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Tourism Competitiveness and Sustainability Indicators in the Context of Surf Tourism: The Case of Cape Town
by Roberto Martín-González, Kamilla Swart and Ana-María Luque-Gil
Sustainability 2021, 13(13), 7238; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137238 - 28 Jun 2021
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Sport tourism has experienced considerable growth in the last decades, either from the sport events perspective or considering an active sport tourism approach. Therefore, some emergent market niches like surf tourism have been developed in numerous coastal destinations to attract sustainability-sensitive tourists due [...] Read more.
Sport tourism has experienced considerable growth in the last decades, either from the sport events perspective or considering an active sport tourism approach. Therefore, some emergent market niches like surf tourism have been developed in numerous coastal destinations to attract sustainability-sensitive tourists due to the ongoing environmental challenges and the socio-economic crisis. Cape Town is positioned in a prominent place in terms of competitiveness, with a considerable variety of beaches and surf spots facing multiple issues. The aim of this study is to try to identify the most competitive beaches and subdistricts in terms of sustainability and to suggest criteria for surf-tourism-related indicators to obtain an overview about this space, using weighting indicators, and applying geography and political economy lenses. The results reveal that Strand, Table View, and Surfers’ Corner are the most competitive beaches. Additionally, beaches located in some underprivileged areas such as Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha are potentially interesting from a socio-economic development point of view, although they show a lack of accommodation infrastructures. These results seem to indicate that those areas should be closely monitored, and destination managers should focus their attention and finance there to obtain a more sustainable surf tourism development. Full article
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The Importance of Sustainability in Diving Tourism—The Case of German Speaking Diving Tourists
by Alexander Hodeck, Jacqueline Tuchel, Luisa Hente and Christine von Reibnitz
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6485; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13116485 - 7 Jun 2021
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Sustainability in sports tourism has increased in recent years. Sustainability is a particular focus for diving tourism. This paper analyses the meaning of sustainability to German speaking diving tourists to draw conclusions for the development of tourism strategies. Based on a literature review [...] Read more.
Sustainability in sports tourism has increased in recent years. Sustainability is a particular focus for diving tourism. This paper analyses the meaning of sustainability to German speaking diving tourists to draw conclusions for the development of tourism strategies. Based on a literature review on the importance of sustainability in diving tourism, an empirical study was designed to understand the importance of the topic within the target group. A total of 174 German-speaking diving tourists were surveyed using an online-questionnaire. The subjects were clustered regarding their sustainable behavior. It could be shown that there is a correlation between age as well as gender and sustainable behavior. A conjoint measurement showed that for diving tourists, ecological aspects are more important than the prize of a diving trip. The gained insights can contribute to establish new and more sustainable offers in diving tourism and thus developing this area of sports tourism more sustainably overall. Full article
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The Development of Ski Areas in Romania. What Environmental, Political, and Economic Logic?
by Sorina Cernaianu and Claude Sobry
Sustainability 2021, 13(1), 274; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13010274 - 30 Dec 2020
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In the last years, Romania has made major efforts to develop the skiing areas and some important projects have been implemented in the Carpathian Mountains. This research highlights the low efficiency of ski slopes and ski areas concerning the functionality during the winter [...] Read more.
In the last years, Romania has made major efforts to develop the skiing areas and some important projects have been implemented in the Carpathian Mountains. This research highlights the low efficiency of ski slopes and ski areas concerning the functionality during the winter season, even though a number of investments have been made. Some examples of bad practices regarding the development of skiing infrastructure in link with the potential impact on the environment are presented. The status of ski slopes, slope conditions, and snow depth were collected daily, during the 2016–2017 and 2017–2018 winter seasons, from a Romanian website specialized in snow cover information. A statistical analysis based on the collected data has been done. The 225 ski slopes studied have been opened, on average, less than 62 days and more than 20% of them have not even been opened. Only 17.8% of the slopes complied with the “100-day rule” during the first season and 21.3% of them during the second one, which does not ensure profitability. In conclusion, too many ski slopes have been created without considering the actual snow conditions. The investors wasted capital that is unprofitable and needlessly, affecting the environmental sustainability. Full article
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