The Benefits of Public Sports Facilities as Sport Tourism in Indonesia

Sports facilities have not been usedoptimally due to various reasons, especially for women who are accompanied by various stigmas.In fact, these sports facilities can be used as a means of developing sport tourism, if used properly.This research examines the social impact of sports as the main focus by dividing it into two parts, namely the use of sports facilities in the context of sports tourism for women and the shift of sports facilities towards a more diverse direction.This is a case study based on semi-structured interviews.The results of the qualitative analysis based on the coding process showed that sports centers in Indonesia were often visited by men and women equally.However, the majority of men visited the sports center for exercise, while women acted more as traders and participated passively in sports.Hence, visits to the sports center were not carried out as a necessity, especially for women who seemed to be only joining in and were considered passive participants.Sports tourism, which is exercising while traveling, is a strategic means to empower both men and women to be directly involved without any differences in the purpose of exercising itself.