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Tourist Arrival
Tourist
Receipt
France in 1998
900,000
generated
Olympics
Sydney in
2000
111,000
additional
international
European
Football
Championships
Europe in
2004
500,000 sports
tourists to
Portugal
$320 million
for the
Portuguese
economy
Monaco Grand
Prix
Motor racing
200,000 visitors
over its four-day
Cricket World
Cup
Caribbean in
2007
additional
100,000 visitors
rank
1.
Sport
Estimated Fans
Regional Popularity
3.5 Billion
2.
Soccer / Association
Football
Cricket
2.5 Billion
3.
Field Hockey
2 Billion
4.
Tennis
1 Billion
5.
Volleyball
900 Million
6.
Table Tennis
850 Million
7.
Baseball
500 Million
America, Japan.
8.
Golf
450 Million
9.
Basketball
400 Million
America.
400 Million
ATTRACTIONS
ATTRACTIONS
ATTRACTIONS
RESORTS
The sport tourism resort
category includes amenity and
destination spas; golf and
tennis resorts; water and
snow sport resorts; and nature
retreats with a focus on
outdoor adventure and
exploration.
CRUISES
CRUISES
They also utilize guest sports
celebrities as a marketing tool.
TOURS
world cups
soccer, rugby,
cricket
regional events
soccer European
Champions League
individual (non-team)
participant sports
Tourist Arrival
The FIFA
Football World
Cup
Olympics
Sydney in
2000
111,000
additional
international
arrivals
European
Football
Championships
Europe in
2004
500,000 sports
tourists to
Portugal
Monaco Grand
Prix
Motor racing
200,000 visitors
over its four-day
duration
Cricket World
Caribbean in
additional
Tourist
Receipt
generated
$12.3 billion
$320 million
for the
Portuguese
economy
Sporting
events
are
being
made
increasingly appealing to attend, with
greater levels of comfort, and other
events such as festivals - being created
around them (such as horse racing
weekends, boating regattas, etc).
Sports
Age
Income
Soccer
matches
18 and 34
years
middle socioeconomic
groups
Rugby and
cricket
slightly
older
with greater
disposable
income
Horse racing
broad
range
no clear
demographic
structure
Athletics
young
low spenders