Despite the bene®ts of an explicit focus on
sport tourism, it should be appreciated that the
conceptual boundaries that are articulated or
implied in this article are in fact permeable and
dynamic. The paper is not an attempt to
position sport tourism as an isolated ®eld of
research but rather to capture the synergies
associated with the treatment of sport tourism
within the broader realms of sport and tour-
ism. It is meant to add to an emerging
literature and to provide a unique perspective
for productive research in this area. The paper
therefore has been organised into three sec-
tions including: (i) clari®cation of the concep-
tual domain of sport tourism, (ii) articulation
of the distinguishing features of sport as a