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Question: A Wave in Time – The Sports Tourism Phenomena

Answer: “The spirit of travel has lived on down the ages.” (Bhatiz, 1991) Throughout “man
has travelled in search of new places, new lands, new cultures and experiences.”
(Laverty, 1989) As such, there is little doubt that travel “has, and continues to be, a
focus for development.” (Kinnaird and Hill, 1984) “Successive changes in transportation, technology,
including the steamboat, railway, automobile and air plane, coupled
with a myriad of socioeconomic transformations, have enabled growing numbers of
people to travel.” (Heath & Wall, 1992)
Human behaviour can be understood by determining the motives, drives or
concerns which are being satisfied. A “motive” can be explained as a person’s
basic disposition to reach for or strive towards a particular goal or combination
of goals. A “drive” can be conceived as an inner factor predisposing one to react
either positively or negatively towards some particular object or act. A “concern”, on
the other hand, deals with a person’s commanding role to become involved. (Bhitz,
1991)
“Throughout history, man has been impelled to travel because of sport – the
motive, the drive, or the concern. In effect, in the last decade or so, “there has been
an increasing participation in a wide variety of sporting activities.” (Baker, 1988)
Visitors, be they participants or onlookers, travel to places primarily to indulge and
satiate in a sporting environment.

(Source: , 07 Oct 2021)

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