Sports Management Cont'd Flashcards
Economic Impact of Sport Tourism
When community leaders are trying to raise money to build a new stadium, host a professional franchise, or host a sport event, they often point to the projected economic benefits arising out of these projects. However, as studies have repeatedly shown over the years, particularly in relation to professional sport, as many as 70% of spectators come from within the metropolitan area (Crompton, 1995) and therefore are not event sport tourists according to any definition of a tourist. Thus while using sport as a tourist attraction is a valuable strategy for economic and community development, we need to be sure when we read studies about the tourism- related impacts accruing from sport events that locals were not included in the people surveyed or the economic estimates generated. We also need to be clear about how economic impact is measured.
Time switchers- visitors who had been planning to visit the destination and then switches their visit to coincide with the event. Therefore, their spending cannot be attributed to the event.
Casuals- people who happened to be visiting the destination and chose to attend the event instead of doing something else. Their attendance at the event is not their prime reason for visiting the country.
Environmental Impacts of Sport Tourism
As the popularity of sport vacations increases, we must consider the impacts on the environment. Over the past 10 years, there has been a growing realisation in the tourism industry that the environment is the core of the tourism product. Destroy the environment and you destroy the attractiveness of a destination and the reason tourist choose to visit. The growth in ecotourism has been one outcome of this environmental concern. More recently, however, there has been a push toward extending sustainable development practices to all segments of the tourism industry.
Tabata (1992) wrote of the increasing pressure on the environment as the popularity of scuba diving grows. Pollution of the water, littering, anchor damage, trampling, and specimen collecting by the divers can destroy the natural resource base. Tensions between environmentalists have raised an alarm over the amount of water being taken from rivers for snowmaking.
Risk Management
The impact of the terroist attacks on September 11, 2001, has been felt throughout the world, but we should not let it change our way of life. In order to make facilities and events as safe as possible, facility and event managers must be proficient in may areas. In order to successfully stage an event no area is more important than understanding and implementing an effective risk management plan.
It is estimated that professional sports teams spent an additional $30 million in security after 2001.
Leadership Styles
Democratic- Shares decisions, person-oriented, shows interest in individuals
Autocratic/Authoritarian- dictatorial in style, makes most of the decisions
Laissez Faire- makes few decisions; give little feedback, athletes do as the wish
