Football as a boon for global tourism

Abstract

Background: One of the most complex socio and economic phenomena in contemporary times is Tourism. It is not easy to define it in the right sense. This research focuses mainly on Sports tourism which is another important branch of tourism.Methods: This study is qualitative, exploratory and interpretative in nature. The qualitative data were collected via Google forms and the questions were structured and close-ended. Interviews were also taken from different hotel managers. The study is conducted to identify the factors that would help in boosting the tourism of a city or a country through football.Conclusion: The techniques that were used for this study is through questionnaire and secondary data of other studies that have been conducted in other countries, so as to bring about the same goal, which is to see whether football is a boon for tourism or not.