Спортивный туризм: вид спорта или направление туристической деятельности?

Физическая культура. Спорт. Туризм. Двигательная рекреация. 2020. Т. 5. № 3. С. 20–26.

Lebedeva S.

Sports tourism is a popular form of economic activity, that does not still have good theoretical framework and generally accepted definition. Various approaches to understanding this phenomenon were studied by the author of this article. The paper contains definitions if “sport tourism”, proposed by foreign and Russian scientists, which were analyzed, and served as the basis for author's definition of sports tourism as a type of tourism activity within the framework of the concept of the experience economy.

The relevance of this issue is determined by the growing popularity of sports tourism, as well as the lack of an unified definition of this term in Russian legislation.

The aim of the work is to propose the author's vision of the term “sports tourism” in the context of experience economy. During the research the author has studied the etymology of the concept and various approaches to understanding this term in the world.

To achieve this goal and fulfill fundamental tasks, methods of diachronic and contextual analysis of scientific works of domestic and foreign scientists were used.

As a result of the work, the author proposed a comprehensive definition of the term “sports tourism”, which corresponds to the Russian legislation in the field of tourism and sports, and also fits into the framework of four areas (4E: entertainment, education, esthetics, escaping reality) of the experience economy.

The definition of “sports tourism” in the tourism framework is a complicated issue that will cause many discussions in the international scientific community, due to its complexity and intersectoral position.

Keywords: определение, definition, спортивный туризм, Sports tourism, etymology of a concept, type of tourism activity, этимология понятия, вид туристической активности