Suggestions for Strengthening the Competitiveness and the Promotion of the Regional Sport Industry

The purpose of this study is to identify problems in the current policies for the regional sport industry and suggest ways to strengthen the competitiveness of the promotion of the regional sport industry by applying Delphi method. Two rounds of Delphi method were employed by using an email questionnaire in order to examine the current policies for the regional sport industry such as sport tourism and sponomics. The data were collected from 40 experts including sport management professors, researchers, and public officers in the regional department of sport industry. The questionnaire in the first round consists of two parts including the brief description and performance of the current policies for the regional sport industry and personal opinions from subjects with regard to the policies. In the second round, the subjects were asked to rate the degree how they agree the identified problems and solutions from the first round of delphi method with 5 point Likert scale. Based on the Delphi method, some problems were identified and several solutions were suggested for strengthening the competitiveness of the regional sport industry. Practical implications of findings and limitations of the study were discussed and suggested.