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Description
A branch of the hospitality and tourism industry has developed to focus on the needs of these clients. Youth sport tourism, for example, has become a $7 billion industry in the U.S. alone. The study of sports tourism draws on the disciplines of management, finance, economics, event planning, and marketing.
Prerequisites
Students are required to pass prerequisite courses with a grade of C or higher. Exceptions apply; please consult your department chair.
- Identify the interrelationships between sport and tourism.
- Explain the interdisciplinary program of study of sport and tourism.
- Identify the relationship between sport and tourism.
- Identify the infra-structured needed for sporting events.
- Identify the various methods to estimate sport tourism economic impact on the local/regional/state.
- List the planning steps to bid to host a sport tourism event.
- Identify the role marketing plays in planning a sporting event.
- Ability to prepare and plan a sporting event.
- Write a site inspection on sport/convention facilities.
- Identify career opportunities in sports tourism.
