With the development of the society and the improvement of peoples' living standard,
sport tourism gradually becomes one of the most important parts of the popular healthy lifestyle. As a new product in the tourism market, sport tourism is based on the sport resources, used various kinds of sport events to plan, design and mix as the relevant products, which can arouse the consumption desire and demand of the people, and meanwhile it's a new form which can make them participate in the sport and get the natural experiences. Sport tourism is not only one of the simple forms of tourism, which is also a thrifty field that makes the tourism industry and
sport industry develop together. In China, sport tourism is just at its beginning stage, but it's increasing rapidly with the high rate of 30%-40% per year. Beijing has won the 2008 Olympiad Games bid, which does better to improve the peoples' participation consciousness and supply a good opportunity for the sport tourism industry development. On the other hand, the
research on the theory of sport tourism doesn't gain enough attention, compared the research level with the
west countries, China has a long way to go. The article goes through the literature overview, introduces the
latest research on sport tourism in west countries, discusses the definition, contents, characteristics and functions of sport tourism, and according to the development of sport tourism in China, the article simply analyzes the
prospect of sport tourism in China.
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