A CONCEPTIONAL RESEARCH ON DETERMINING THE TOURISM POTENTIAL OF ELECTRONIC SPORTS EVENTS: E-SPORTS TOURISM
ELEKTRONİK SPOR ETKİNLİKLERİNİN TURİZM POTANSİYELİNİ BELİRLEMEYE YÖNELİK KAVRAMSAL BİR ÇALIŞMA: E-SPOR TURİZMİ

Author : Çağrı ERDOĞAN -- Emirhan YENİŞEHİRLİOĞLU - Sedat ŞAHİN - Şevki ULAMA
Number of pages : 341-353

Abstract

E-sports events drawing attention by being demanded are recently considered as one of the travel motivations. As any sports organization’s touristic draw, in a similar way, organized e-sport events are coming into prominence as one of the touristic draw factors. When growing numbers of organized international e-sports events and 380 million global e-sports viewers according to 2018 data considered, touristic potential of e-sports events could be easily understood. In line with these subjects, e-sports events are approached as one of the alternative tourism products and the importance and necessity of comprehensive researches discussing the term e-sports tourism by examining e-sports activities within the tourism paradigm is emphasized.

Keywords

Electronic game, electronic sports, e-sports tourism

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