Monday 29 June 2009

world’s first sport tourism exhibition to be held in July 2010

Plans have just been unveiled for the world’s first sport tourism exhibition. The World Sport Destination Expo will take place during the FIFA 2010 World Cup in the official host city, Johannesburg, South Africa from July 5-9, 2010. The expo will provide a market place for sports tourism ? at least 250000 visitors are expected. “We have been overwhelmed with the uptake for World Sport Destination Expo,” said Chris Frost, Event Director, World Sport Destination Expo. The event will feature an exhibition area of 10000 sq m. Over 400 exhibiting companies representing international sports federations, host cities of top sporting events, tourist boards, global hotel chains and resorts will meet to conduct business with top buyers from the sport tourism industry. Running concurrently with the exhibition will also be a sports tourism conference featuring a line-up of leading speakers and delegates drawn from sports, tourism and sports tourism industries.

Source:www.travelbizmonitor.com/worlds-first-sport-tourism-expo-to-be-held-in-2010-7156

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