Section 4 Sport, tourism, and place development

International Journal of Sport Management, Recreation & Tourism Sport Officials’ Longevity: Motivation and Passion for the Sport

The purpose of this review was to examine sport officials’ motivation and passion to become and remain a referee in today’s sport climate. There are endless accounts of misconduct towards officials from participants, coaches, parents and fans. This review examined the research evidence that explained why officials continue to work in their sport and tried to determine what motivations were fact...

Surgical Risks Associated with Winter Sport Tourism

BACKGROUND Mass tourism during winter in mountain areas may cause significant clustering of body injuries leading to increasing emergency admissions at hospital. We aimed at assessing if surgical safety and efficiency was maintained in this particular context. METHODS We selected all emergency admissions of open surgery performed in French hospitals between 2010 and 2012. After identifying mo...

the development of the strategic plan of sport and youth organization of khorasan razavi in sport and physical education section

to suceed in sport arena, provinces should have plans parallel with national sport plans. khorasan razavi province as one of the provinces that has played a vital role in iran sport lacks a comprehensive plan in sport and sport activities are follwoed randomly. therefore, this study aimed at developing the strategic plan of sport and youth organization of khorasan razavi in sport and physical e...

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development

Sport-mega-events – a Tool of Destination Management Importance of Infrastructure Investment for the Tourism Development

The competition of cities and nations around the favour of the tourists and investors is a long-known phenomenon. However the conditions have changed radically as a result of the general globalization, the rapid technological progress and the distinctive increase of mobility. Today the tourism destinations compete in world wide rivalry and the competition becomes more and more intensive. By the...