Triple Bottom Line Analysis of Potential Sport Tourism Impacts on Local Communities – a Review

Sport tourism appears as a specialized type of tourism with growing popularity for both participants and local residents. After examining several sides of existing definitions, authors analyse sport tourism impacts on local community in the context of the three bottom line perspective – economic, social and environmental. The benefits and costs for each of the dimensions are discussed and recommendations for coping with problems are proposed. As a final issue in the paper are identified determinants of sport tourism impacts and its importance for local society from different aspects