Sports Tourism and Sports Tourists – The Hungarian Characteristics of Sports-Related Travels
Sports Tourism and Sports Tourists – The Hungarian Characteristics of Sports-Related Travels

Summary/Abstract: In a broad sense, sports tourism is any traveling that is done to participate in a sporting event – including just watching. As long as a sport is a primary reason for one’s travels, it can be considered sports tourism. The role of sports grows and represents an increasingly important segment of the economy. Parallel to this process the level of sports tourism is also constantly increasing. These trends prove studying this topic in Hungary as well, focusing on understanding the characteristics of the Hungarian population related to sports tourism. The present study shows the results of the characteristics of the Hungarian population in connection with sports-related travels of our sports consumption survey, made within the framework of the EFOP-3.6.2-16-2017-003: "Creating a Cooperating Research Network for Sport, Recreational and Health Economy" project. Our representative paper and pencil interview for the population aged 15-74 years was done on a sample of 2000 people and investigated the characteristics, frequencies, and destinations of domestic and foreign sports-related travels.

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