Tourism And Sports And Tourism

Tourism and Sports are interrelated and it acts as a mechanism for urban regeneration for quite a longer period of time. Although there are various authors who have defined tourism in several ways but WTO’s definition of tourism is the most used definition: “Tourism is a set of activities which involves person(s) travelling to and staying in a place outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes” (Williams, 2009). Sports industry is growing rapidly and therefore many cities are now organizing sports events to attract tourists all around the globe. There are thousands of cities in the world that are known for hosting several sports events but Manchester City is one of the most

It’s a major one- time or recurring events of limited duration, developed primarily to enhance the awareness, appeal and profitability of the host location (Ritchie, 1984). Sports events are organized mainly to attract tourists by providing cost friendly facilities to them. Sports destinations range from sports purpose-built resorts, where all the functions are focused on the dominant activity, to capital cities and entire country (Law, 1995). Sports event in a hosting city should be presented in a way that can attract various types of visitors to attend a particular sports event in that city. Every destination has a unique mix of characteristics, which are determined by its geographical location, culture and history (Getz, 1997). The major sport events are mechanism for urban regeneration because they create opportunities for host cities to present a new and exciting image of itself to the world (Harvey, 1989). The strong growth of the sports event industry is part of a general economic change. Whereas the economy tends to be more product base, it is increasingly becoming service based. This is the reason why governments increasingly use events as economic development strategies. The government plays a key and leading role in events. Increasingly, governments use events strategy to plan the use of resources and to improve and measure the outcomes of programmes and service (Bowdin, McDonnell and

Manchester is now known as a base for football clubs as two main football clubs belongs to this city which is Manchester United Football Club and Manchester City Football Club. Both clubs have their own museum which is also a great attraction for tourists to visit Manchester as it allows them to view all their past trophies and achievements in the