Sports tourism: conceptual considerations and actors to promote territorial development in tourist destinations

Abstract

This work focuses on describing sports tourism from its background and relevance as a development tool.  Through an exploratory study, documentary research allowed a historical description of the evolution of sports tourism and its relevance in the global and national context, concepts of sports tourism were analyzed and an own concept is proposed considering the orientation applied to development, all this using methodology of the International Organization for Standardization, iSO 10241 and recommendations for writing definitions. The actors involved were also identified, as well as their role in promoting the development in destinations. The main conclusions aim to highlight the importance of this activity to generate development.