The fusion of sports and tourism gives rise to one of the fastest growing special interest tourism to take place until 2020 (Jiménez-García et al., 2020). Sports tourism is where people “participate in a sports activity, recreationally or competitively, travel to observe sport at grassroots or elite level, and travel to visit a sports attraction” (Delpy-Neirotti, 2003: 2), and is considered to be a very profitable business (Tassiopoulos and Haydam, 2008). Therefore, it is not surprising that destinations have attempted to include sports events in their strategic plans. Certainly, destination management organizations have benefited from the economic impact on a destination and the accomplishment of positioning strategies.

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关于“体育和旅游业：经济影响”的特刊的社论

体育和旅游业的融合成为了直到2020年增长最快的特殊兴趣旅游之一（Jiménez-García等，2020）。人们认为体育旅游是“休闲地或竞争地参加体育活动，在基层或精英阶层观看体育比赛，并参观体育胜地”（Delpy-Neirotti，2003：2），被认为是一种体育旅游。非常有利可图的业务（Tassiopoulos和Haydam，2008年）。因此，目的地尝试将体育赛事纳入其战略计划也就不足为奇了。当然，目的地管理组织已从对目的地的经济影响和定位策略的实现中受益。