[ecrea] Call for Papers "Sport and Tourism in contemporary society" - Eracle. Journal of Sport and Social Science. Vol. 2 (2019)

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Eracle. Journal of Sport and Social Science
Call for Papers Vol. 2 (2019)

Sport and Tourism in contemporary society
Editors: Rocío Blanco Gregory (Universidad de Extremadura) & Salvatore 
Monaco (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)

Tourism associated with major sports events raises great interest globally.

An increasing number of people, as tourists, spend their free time 
dedicated to holidays heading to new tourist destinations driven by the 
desire of being in situ witnesses of these kinds of shows in different 
sporting disciplines.

This is a steadily increasing trend, which is playing a crucial role in 
the tourism industry, overtaking other traditional forms of travel 
typical of the last decades, such as beach, cultural or rural tourism. 
It is worth noting that there is a broad spectrum of people who are very 
keen to attend sports events, either as athletes or audience, who plan 
their vacations bearing in mind scheduled sports events or the 
possibility to practice sports while on holiday.

In this context, about social studies, tourism linked to sports events 
allows us to analyse the potential for tourism development of various 
holiday destinations in order to assess the level of satisfaction, 
identify the visits of the athletes, know the perception of social 
actors and point out potentials and limitations with the purpose of 
properly promoting sports events in a specific area.

At the same time, being able to host a major sports event requires an 
exceptional juncture, useful for building the future of the tourism 
sector in that given area – country, region or city. Outlined above are 
the reasons why researchers believe that sports events can easily become 
levers for development, influencing a variety of economic sectors. It is 
proven that supporters, athletes and events’ venue staff become tourists 
by making use of accommodation, transport and restaurant services, as 
well as other infrastructures.

According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization criteria, 
major sports events should be thought and arranged as important leisure 
events, because the main national competitions give rise to a huge 
number of travels and local development plans, promoting that 
destination all over the world and contributing to the strategic 
marketing of the given city. Thanks to the promotion of tourism in 
Western countries, it is undeniable that major sports events are 
becoming a form of touristic attraction which highly contributes to the 
growth of local economies. These are huge sports events setting up high 
level competitions in spectacular architectonic venues. Therefore, in 
economic terms, tourism linked with major sports events is a formula 
created to try to cover up the off-season, i.e. when there is decline in 
demand and economic downturn.

However, the sustainability of these events provokes debates because 
sometimes they are not held regularly and, in addition, need 
infrastructural resources suitable for mass events that require huge 
public investments, raising concerns about the long-term benefits of the 
investments themselves.


We kindly invite you to send articles related to the following:

  * Sports events as tourist products
  * Active and passive sports practice, free time and how to choose a
    holiday destination
  * Sport, tourism and economic, cultural and social inheritance
  * Sports practice in urban and natural environments as a type of tourism
  * Sports events as distinctive mark of holiday destinations
  * Sports events, tourism and land management
  * Tourism, sports events and mass media
  * The impact of sports marketing in the industry of tourism



Closing date for abstracts submission: *Dec 20th 2018*
Notification to the authors: *January 21st, 2019*
Articles delivery deadline: *March 31th, 2019*
Articles assessment: *May 10th, 201*
Final review: until *Jun 14th, 2019*


Articles can be written in Italian, English or Spanish and must be sent 
to the editors and to the journal using the following email addresses: 
(eraclejournal /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(eraclejournal /at/ gmail.com)>, 
(rblanco /at/ unex.es) <mailto:(rblanco /at/ unex.es)>, (salvatore.monaco2 /at/ unina.it) 
<mailto:(salvatore.monaco2 /at/ unina.it)>.


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