Kinesiology, Vol. 35. No. 1., 2003.
Original scientific paper
The place of sport in the battle for the tourist: a figurational perspective of the development of sport tourism
Paul De Knop
; Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium and Tilburg University, Netherlands
Jo Van Hoecke
; Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
Abstract
Sport tourism nowadays has become a fast growing niche of the tourist market. This development will be exemplified in this paper and explained from a figurational perspective. It will show that the phenomenon is not new: connections between sport and tourism have been established for many centuries, though they have been more consciously developed over the last 50 years. Its development can be explained by the developments within sport. Sport tourism indicates a ‘quest for excitement’, it provides an opportunity to produce pleasurable forms of tension/excitement, which provide an important contrast to the routines of a daily life in (unexciting) modern societies.
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Publication date:
24.10.2003.
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