In sport tourism, an undeniable recent participation trend is the gravitation of amateur athletes to participatory sport events, particularly cycling sport tourism events. This trend presents numerous policy, applied, and scholarly opportunities and challenges. Contemporary trends are identified to guide future research addressing cycling sport tourism events. The paper aims to discuss these issues.,This is a collaborative initiative between a major global sport event management organisation and established sport tourism scholars. Industry data are drawn upon to identify contemporary sport event participation trends and thus inform a future research agenda.,This paper draws upon industry data and insights to tease out five emerging trends in the participatory sport event sector which scholars should engage with.,Due to the confidential nature of the company data, there were restrictions in the detail which could be reported.,Increasing growth in premium quality, physically challenging cycling sport tourism events is analysed. A five-pronged future research agenda is proposed to address contemporary sport event management issues around measuring event impacts; strategic management of events; and leveraging globalisation and emerging markets.,Based on trends identified in this paper, theoretical concepts are drawn upon to propose a timely, industry-relevant future research agenda into cycling sport tourism events.

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弥合鸿沟

在体育旅游中，不可否认的近期参与趋势是业余运动员对参与性体育赛事，特别是自行车体育旅游赛事的吸引力。这种趋势带来了许多政策，应用和学术机会与挑战。确定了当代趋势，以指导有关自行车运动旅游业的未来研究。本文旨在讨论这些问题。这是大型全球体育赛事管理组织与知名体育旅游学者之间的一项合作计划。利用行业数据来识别当代体育赛事的参与趋势，从而为将来的研究提供参考。本文利用行业数据和见解来梳理学者们应该参与的参与性体育赛事领域的五个新兴趋势。由于公司数据的机密性，在报告的详细信息方面存在一些限制。分析了优质产品的增长，分析了身体上具有挑战性的自行车运动旅游活动。提出了五方面的未来研究议程，以解决围绕衡量赛事影响的当代体育赛事管理问题；事件的战略管理；根据本文确定的趋势，借鉴理论概念，为自行车运动旅游赛事提出了及时的，与行业相关的未来研究议程。提出了五方面的未来研究议程，以解决围绕衡量赛事影响的当代体育赛事管理问题；事件的战略管理；根据本文确定的趋势，借鉴理论概念，为自行车运动旅游赛事提出了及时的，与行业相关的未来研究议程。提出了五方面的未来研究议程，以解决围绕衡量赛事影响的当代体育赛事管理问题；事件的战略管理；根据本文确定的趋势，借鉴理论概念，为自行车运动旅游赛事提出了及时的，与行业相关的未来研究议程。