ABSTRACT
Active sport tourism was associated with participating in sport while on holiday/vacation. It encompassed golf and skiing, as well as other forms of ‘taking part’, including participating in organized running and cycling events, and physical activities that crossed into adventure tourism such as hiking and canoeing. The flourishing research efforts described above marked a significant foray of active sport tourism researchers into related disciplines seeking enhanced theoretical guidance for their research. The authors suggest that the natural settings where ultramarathons take place can shape participants’ place attachment that may in turn influence how they evaluate the event and if they are likely to take part again. The authors bridge the gap between research and practice with some concrete implications for managers and government agencies working in the realm of sport tourism and specifically active sport tourism.
