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5 ISSUE no 20, FEB 2016 The Sport tourism niche ! Available now-Tobago Resort Studio Apt 5000ttd for 7 nights call 1-868-620-8567 The International Tourism Trade Fairs Association (ITTFA) recently highlighted the importance of sports tourism in relation to how it has grown from a niche market to a multi-billion dollar business. Globally the sporting industry as a business is worth $25-50 billion us dollars. Factor the potential for countries promoting Sport Tourism and the number goes to 1 trillion. It is further expected that the growing number of women now actively taking up sports, along with the changes and shifts in cultural tolerances gravitates the dollar value furt