Youth sport tourism has grown into a distinct travel segment over the past decade. While communities have invested in sport tourism initiatives, building dedicated sports facilities and competing to host tournaments, little academic attention has been paid to understanding the travel planning and decision-making associated with youth sport families. Utilising an inductive approach, the purpose of this study was to examine the processes and decisions parents make in the context of youth sport tourism to facilitate their children's travel sport participation. In-depth interviews were conducted with youth sport parents from the two US states with significant investments in sport tourism: Indiana and Florida. (n = 15 FL; n = 18 IN). Three themes were identified in the parents' narratives using grounded theory methods, (1) Travel Logistics, (2) Flow-on Tourism, and (3) Tourn-acations. Travel logistics were dominated by decisions over accommodations and transportation with price and team bonding of consideration. A series of barriers and enablers to participation in flow-on tourism were identified including tournament schedules and proximity to tourist attractions. Decisions to create a mini-vacation out of the tournament trip (tourn-acation) were associated with novelty, distance from home, and timing such as tournaments scheduled around national holidays. A model outlining the family travel decision-making process in the context of youth sport tourism is proffered. Recommendations for DMOs leveraging the flow-on tourism associated with youth sport-events are discussed in addition to acknowledging the role of youth sport tourism in post Covid-19 tourism recovery.

在过去的十年中，青年体育旅游已发展成为一个独特的旅游领域。虽然社区已经投资于体育旅游计划、建造专门的体育设施并竞争举办比赛，但学术界很少关注了解与青年体育家庭相关的旅行计划和决策。利用归纳方法，本研究的目的是检查父母在青年体育旅游的背景下为促进孩子参与旅游运动而做出的过程和决定。对来自美国在体育旅游方面有重大投资的两个州的青年体育家长进行了深入采访：印第安纳州和佛罗里达州。( n  = 15 FL; n = 18 英寸）。使用扎根理论方法在父母的叙述中确定了三个主题，（1）旅游物流，（2）流动旅游，和（3）旅游活动。旅行物流主要由住宿和交通决定，价格和团队结合考虑。确定了参与流动旅游的一系列障碍和推动因素，包括比赛时间表和靠近旅游景点。在比赛旅行（巡回赛）之外创建一个迷你假期的决定与新颖性、离家的距离和时间安排有关，例如安排在国定假日前后的比赛。提供了一个模型，概述了青年体育旅游背景下的家庭旅行决策过程。