Sport and Tourism Development

Course aim

The aim of the course is to expand concepts outlined in Sport and Event Management and to introduce students to Sport Tourism, with a particular focus on active sport tourism, event sport tourism and nostalgia sport tourism.

Course content

Historical development of sport organisations, sport competitions, sport events and sport tourism; and the regeneration of cities and regional areas; the sport and tourism relationship; the role of sport in the development of tourism; tourism-generated sports development; active sport tourism, event sport tourism and nostalgia sport tourism; motivations, behaviours and experiences of sport tourists; the economic, social and environmental impacts of sport tourism; sport related museums, halls of fame and sporting heritage; issues and trends specific to sport organisations, sport events and sport tourism.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 1 Permission of the Course Coordinator OR
SPRC 3016	Sport and Event Management

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	4 hours x 5 days

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Sport Tourism Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.