Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2023, Pages 689–696
Saïd Mirari1 and Ali Aoulad Sidi Mhend2
1 Mohammed V University, Faculty of Science in Rabat, Laboratory of Tourism Engineering, Heritage and Sustainable Development of the Territories, P.O. BOX 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
2 Geo-Biodiversity and Natural Patrimony Laboratory (GeoBio), Geophysics, Natural Patrimony Research Center (GEOPAC), Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
Original language: English
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Tourism is a socioeconomic and environmental activity aimed at discovering new leisure destinations as well as a broad concept encompassing two aspects; mass tourism and sustainable tourism. In parallel with the growth of sport practices, in recent years, the supply and demand for tourism on the sport of nature as the main reason for travelling has increased, while taking into account the value of the geography of sport as a science of society’s space allows us to learn these sports cultures. Geosport is one of the most recent concepts in the field of tourism. it focuses mainly on the promotion of spaces, sports heritage sites and routes as a tourist attractive means through sustainability and sustainable management measures. As a result, the focus on sport tourism should be primarily on geosport as a socioeconomic driver of rural development. This article presents a correlation between scientific contributions that highlight the close link between sport tourism and heritage resources while emphasizing the broad scope of geosport. These contributions allow us to better understand how geosport has evolved over time and to identify future challenges. Also, it is part of a series of studies surveying theoretical and empirical work in the field of tourism, sport and geography.
Author Keywords: Sport tourism, geosport, sport geography, sustainable development & heritage.
Saïd Mirari1 and Ali Aoulad Sidi Mhend2
1 Mohammed V University, Faculty of Science in Rabat, Laboratory of Tourism Engineering, Heritage and Sustainable Development of the Territories, P.O. BOX 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco
2 Geo-Biodiversity and Natural Patrimony Laboratory (GeoBio), Geophysics, Natural Patrimony Research Center (GEOPAC), Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Tourism is a socioeconomic and environmental activity aimed at discovering new leisure destinations as well as a broad concept encompassing two aspects; mass tourism and sustainable tourism. In parallel with the growth of sport practices, in recent years, the supply and demand for tourism on the sport of nature as the main reason for travelling has increased, while taking into account the value of the geography of sport as a science of society’s space allows us to learn these sports cultures. Geosport is one of the most recent concepts in the field of tourism. it focuses mainly on the promotion of spaces, sports heritage sites and routes as a tourist attractive means through sustainability and sustainable management measures. As a result, the focus on sport tourism should be primarily on geosport as a socioeconomic driver of rural development. This article presents a correlation between scientific contributions that highlight the close link between sport tourism and heritage resources while emphasizing the broad scope of geosport. These contributions allow us to better understand how geosport has evolved over time and to identify future challenges. Also, it is part of a series of studies surveying theoretical and empirical work in the field of tourism, sport and geography.
Author Keywords: Sport tourism, geosport, sport geography, sustainable development & heritage.
How to Cite this Article
Saïd Mirari and Ali Aoulad Sidi Mhend, “From Sport Tourism to Geosport,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 689–696, April 2023.
