Sport Tourism COVID-19 Resources
At STC, we’re working to keep both information flowing and making resources
available to you for now, and for the future, with a focus on recovery planning.
Sport Tourism RECOVERY LINKS
Diversity and Social Inclusion
- Canadian Paralympic Committee: Diversity and Inclusion
- Canadian Women and Sport
- CBC: Sidelined: How Diversity in Canada’s sports leadership falls short
- SIRC: Water Polo Canada Statement and Actions Items – Diversity and Inclusion
- Special Olympics Canada: Diversity and Inclusion Infographics Series
- The Canadian Centre for Gender & Sexual Diversity: Sports Inclusion
- True Sport
- VIASport British Columbia: Inclusion
Economics
- Australian Leisure Management: Mass Participation Sporting Event Industry Highlights $1.1 Billion Coronavirus Impact
- Capital Economics: Canada Chart Book – monthly publication summarizing developments in the Canadian economy
- Capital Economics: Economies After COVID
- Capital Economics: Global Economics Update
- The Conference Board of Canada: COVID-19 Implications for Canada and the Economic Impact
- The Conference Board of Canada: Canadian Economics
- The Conference Board of Canada: Shielded from the Worst Territorial Snapshot
- Statistics Canada: Canadian Economic Dashboard and COVID-19
Funding
- Canada
- International
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- Government of Manitoba: Manitoba Government Investing $8 Million for new #ReStartMB Event Attraction Strategy
- Sport Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA): Recreation and Sport Contributions
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Government of Canada: FedDev Ontario Supports Tourism and Recovery Efforts Across Southern Ontario
- Government of Canada: FedNor is Working with Tourism Sector to Help Them in Recovery Efforts
- Ontario Trillium Foundation
- Ontario Restaurant, Hotel & Motel Association (ORHMA): Municipal Accommodation Tax
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Government of Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Announces $35 Million in Supports for Tourism Sector
- Sask Sport Inc
- Yukon
General Public Research
- Angus Reid Institute Tracking COVID-19: weekly monitoring of Canadian perceptions and behaviour
- Elcombe-Balsillie Paper: The Significant Insignificance of International Sport in a Global Crisis
- IMI COVID-19 Global Recovery Reports: monthly reports monitoring key consumer trends, sentiment, expectation and recovery
- Leger 360: weekly survey of perspectives on COVID-19 and other current events
- Worldometer: Live tracks Coronavirus cases and deaths worldwide
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Government
- Canada
- Government of Canada: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Outbreak update
- Government of Canada: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: COVID-19 Health and Safety Resources
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM): COVID-19 Municipal Hub Our Recommendations
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Nunavut
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon
International Association of Event Hosts (IAEH)
- IAEH Webinar: UNWTO Restarting Tourism
Indigenous
- CBC: Indigenous Sports 5 Years after Truth and Reconciliation
- The Conference Board of Canada: The Impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s Indigenous Tourism Sector: Insights from Operators
- Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC): Forward Together: A Strategic Recovery Plan for the Indigenous Tourism Industry in Canada
- Government of Canada: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Indigenous Communities
Insurance & Liability
- Clark Wilson: Protection for Amateur Sport Organizations Against Liability for COVID-19
- Lexology: Force Majeure Impact on Sports Events
- Province of British Columbia: Ministerial Order M183 Protection Against Liability for Sports (COVID-19) Order
- Province of British Columbia: Province Takes Action to Support Return to Sport
- Sadler Sports and Recreation Insurance: Amateur Sports and Coronavirus (COVID-19): How to Return to Play
- Sadler Sports and Recreation Insurance: Are Waivers/Releases Worth the Paper on Which They’re Written?
- Sport Business: More than Words: Carla Varriale-Barker – The Business of Sports, COVID-19, and Force Majeure Clauses
- Thompson Coburn LLP: How COVID-19 is Likely to Strain Sports and Entertainment Partnerships
- White and Case: COVID-19 and Cancellations of Sports Events: A Story of Force Majeure and the Search for Compensation
Media-Broadcasting
- Addleshaw Goddard LLP: COVID-19 Impact on Sport
- eMarketer: What the Coronavirus has done to Sports Streaming
- Linklaters: Sports Broadcasting in the Tech Era: Recent Trends, Exclusivity and COVID-19 Implications
- MIT Technology Review: The Pandemic will Change how we Watch Sports
- ROKU: The State of Canadian Streaming
- ROKU: Cord Cutting in Uncertain Times
- Taylor and Francis Online: Live Sport During the COVID-19 Crisis: Fans as Creative Broadcasters
- World Economic Forum: Empty Stadiums and Online Streaming: how Coronavirus is Affecting the Media Industry
Medical
- American College of Sport Medicine: COVID-19 Reopening and Return to Play Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- World Economic Forum: The COVID-19 Pandemic Could last for 2 Years, According to US Experts
- World Health Organization (WHO):
- Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Adolescents Temporally Related to COVID-19
- Technical Guidance on COVID-19
- Public Health for Mass Gatherings Key Considerations
- Considerations for Sports Federations/Sport Event Organizers when Planning Mass Gatherings in the Context of COVID-19
- Mass Gathering Risk Assessment Decision Tree
- How to use WHO Risk Assessment and Mitigation Checklist for Mass Gatherings in the Context of COVID-19
- Key Planning Recommendations for Mass Gatherings in the Context of the Current COVID-19 Outbreak
- Mass Gathering Risk Assessment COVID-19 Key Considerations – Excel Spreadsheet Template
- Guidance for the use of WHO Mass Gathering Sports Addendum Risk Assessment Tools in the Context of COVID-19 – Excel Spreadsheet Template
Return to Events
- BNN Bloomberg: Minor Sports Leagues in ‘devastation’, but major leagues can survive and see huge revenue upside: Professor
- CBC: Tokyo Olympics unlikely with fans and full participation, says Japanese scientist
- DraftKings Nation: Calendar of when sports leagues will return in 2020
- Live Nation and Ticketmaster: COVID-19 impact from live music fans
- IAEH: Major event hosts and the ‘new normal’
- SIRC: Learnings from the COVID-19 Lockdown – Stories from Event Cancellations
- The Event Safety Alliance: Reopening guide
- Uni Global Union: World Players Association 6 essentials for a safe return to play
- USPOC Sports Medicine: Sport event planning considerations post-COVID-19
- Canada
- Abacus-Data: COVID-19 Impact Study on Live Music Events Wave 2
- Devex: Opinion: The Future of volunteering in the coronavirus era
- Equestrian Canada: Return to Competition Guidelines for Sport Horse Following a Break in Training due to COVID-19
- Government of Canada: Federal Policy for hosting international sport events
- Ontario’s Network of Municipal Event Planners: Summary of data collected (abbreviated): Ontario Community Festivals & Events COVID-19 Impacts Survey #1, April 2020
- Special Olympics Ontario: Return to Competition
- Statistics Canada: Volunteering in Canada: Challenges and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Randstad: Corporate volunteering in the age of COVID-19
- TPG Pulse for Association: Rethinking Events in the Wake of COVID-19
- Volunteer Canada: COVID-19 and Volunteering
- Dubai: Events industry guidelines for re-opening – MICE, leisure and other events
- Europe
- CBC: Track and field adapts for storied 7-venue Inspiration Games on Thursday
- Inside the Games: Impossible Games set to deliver mission as Zurich’s Inspiration Games loom on horizon
- Germany
- Business Insider: German scientists are hosting a pop concert for 4,000 people to study how the coronavirus spreads in large groups and how to combat it
- BBC News: Coronavirus: Germany puts on crowded concerts to study risks
- Pollstar: German scientists happy with data pool created in Coronavirus experiment
- UK
- BBC: Coronavirus: Is this a way of getting festivals going again?
- EIF, AIF & AFO: Music festivals COVID-19 supplemental guidance
- England Athletics: Return to Competition
- Enigma Research: 2020 Return to Live Events Survey
- Event Scotland: Scotland the Perfect Stage: Feedback from Events Industry COVID-19 Consultation 2020
- uk: Elite Sport – Return to Domestic Competition Guidance
- uk: Elite Sport – Return to Competition: Safe Return of Spectators
- The Purple Guide: The guide to health, safety and welfare at music and other events
- NHL
- PGA
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Technology
Return to Play
- Athletics
- Athletics Canada: Back on track
- Athletics Alberta: Back on track guidelines
- Australia
- AIS framework for rebooting sport in a COVID-19 environment
- AIS framework for rebooting sport – executive summary
- Australian Sport Commission: Detailed checklist for medium to large sport organizations
- Australian Sport Commission: Simplified checklist for small sport organizations
- News: NSW coronavirus restrictions to ease further, all sport allowed to return from July 1
- Sport Australia AIS: Return to sport toolkit
- Baseball
- Baseball Canada: Return to play hub
- World Baseball Softball Conferderation: Return to Play
- Basketball
- Canada Basketball: Back to Basketball Return to Sport Guidelines
- FIBA: Return to Basketball: FIBA COVID-19 restart guidelines
- Ontario Basketball: Return to play
- Canada
- CBC Newfoundland and Labrador: Delayed play: Why waits are expected in team sports, even with COVID guidelines
- CBC PEI: Sports Islanders can play now that COVID-19 restrictions are loosening
- Edmonton Journal: Edmonton sports leagues preparing to kick off with 50-person restrictions
- Global News: The pandemic playbook: A return to sport under COVID-19 restrictions
- Lethbridge Now: World Health Organization takes an interest in Canada’s back to sport strategy
- Ottawa Sport Council: Ottawa sport community unites for “return to play” roadmap
- Saskatoon StarPheonix: Playball! Saskatoon sports starting get back in action after COVID-19 pandemic pause
- ViaSPORT: Return to sport guidelines for B.C.
- Canoe Kayak Canada (CKC)
- Canadian Olympic Committee, Own the Podium
- Curling Canada
- Cycling Canada
- France
- The Connexion: France plans gradual sporting return
- Gouvernement de France: Loisirs/Vacances
- Germany
- Deutscher Fussball-bund: Sport Medicine/Special match operations task force in professional football version 2
- Golf
- Golf Canada: COVID-19 updates and resource page
- PGA Tour: Korn Ferry Tour return to golf events
- PGA Tour: Return to golf events
- Hockey
- Hockey Canada: Return to hockey COVID-19 response
- Hockey Canada: Return to hockey COVID-19 response FAQs
- Sporting News: NHL bubble, explained: A guide to the hub city rules, teams and schedule for Edmonton, Toronto
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Government of NZ: Play, active recreation and sport at alert levels 4 & 3
- Government of NZ: Play, active recreation and sport at alert level 2
- Government of NZ: Play, active recreation and sport at alert level 1
- Rugby
- Rugby Canada: COVID-19 Return to Play for all
- Rugby Canada: Modified phase programming 2020 (COVID-19 recovery)
- Suisse Rugby: Annex I: Tools for implementation – Kid’s rugby
- Suisse Rugby: Annex II: Tools for implementation – Adult rugby
- Suisse Rugby: Post-lockdown strength and conditioning programme for adult rugby
- Suisse Rugby: Swiss Rugby Union: Protection concept for exit from the corona-lockdown and resumption of sport activities
- World Rugby: Safe return to rugby – in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Scotland
- Government of Scotland: Coronavirus (COVID-19): What you can and cannot do: Sport, culture and leisure
- SIRC
- Skate Canada
- Soccer
- Canada Soccer: Guidelines and recommended operating procedures return to soccer (Professional leagues and clubs)
- Canada Soccer: Return to train guidelines for referees
- Canada Soccer: Retour a L’entrainement pour Arbitres
- Canada Soccer: Response action plan guide
- Softball Canada
- Swimming
- Swimming Canada: COVID-19 Return to swimming resource document
- Swimming Canada: COVID-19 resource hub
- Switzerland
- Tennis
- USA
- USA Volleyball: Return to play guidelines
- Grand Park Sports Campus: Grand Park Youth Sports Guidelines
- The Chiller: The OhioHealth chiller ice rinks will begin reopening Monday, June 1
- Junior Volleyball Association: Junior beach club readiness in the COVID-19 era
- Sports Illustrated: As economies start to reopen, so do hockey rinks in the USA
- Aspen Institute: Return to play: COVID-19 Risk assessment tool
- Volleyball
- Volleyball Canada: How to bounce back, a safe return to volleyball
- Volleyball Canada: A safe return to volleyball
- Volleyball Canada: Un retour au volleyball en toute sécurité
- Waterpolo
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Travel
- Accommodations
- AHLA: COVID-19 and your hotel
- All Accor: Allsafe
- Choice Hotels: Commitment to clean
- FlyerTalk: Is your COVID-19 risk higher on an airplane or in a hotel room?
- Global News: Alberta hotels facing ‘sad reality’ of permanent closure because of COVID-19 pandemic
- Best Western: We Care Clean
- Global News: High occupancy rates for Okanagan hotels: “It has rebounded beyond expectations”
- Global News: Is it safe to stay in hotels? What you need to know about booking a room during COVID-19
- Government of Alberta: COVID-19 guidance for hotels, motels, beds and breakfasts and vacation rentals
- Government of BC: COVID-19 Guidance to the hotel sector
- Hilton: Clean Stay
- Hyatt: Hyatt’s Global Care and Cleanliness Commitment
- IHG: Clean Promise
- Marriott: Commitment to Clean
- Restobiz: ORHMA impact of COVID-19 to SMEs in Hospitality Industry
- STC COVID-19 Sport Tourism Recovery Taskforce: Accommodation Sales Taxes across Canada
- STR: Canada Hotel results for week ending June 27
- STR: COVID-19: Hotel Industry Impact
- The Globe and Mail: Canadian hotels see huge drop in business as coronavirus pandemic halts travel
- ORHMA: A practical guide for the safe reopening of meetings and events in Ontario
- Washington Post: Is this goodbye to make-your-own-waffles? Coronavirus may end the hotel breakfast as we know it
- Wyndham: COVID-19 Response
- Yukon Tourism: Accommodation taxes across Canada and internationally
- Airlines
- Air Canada: CleanCare+
- Air Transat: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Airports Council International: COVID-19 Recovery and Passenger Expectations
- Apex/IFSA: Leveraging Data & Digital to “Flight Back” vs COVID-19
- Flair Airlines: COVID-19 updates
- FlyerTalk: Is your COVID-19 risk higher on an airplane or in a hotel room?
- Future Travel Experience: The Post-COVID-19 Passenger Experience
- Porter Airlines: Suspension of services until Dec 15
- SimpliFlying: Post-Corona the Rise of Sanitised Travel
- SimpliFlying: Post-Corona the Rise of Sanitised Travel infographic
- Swoop: COVID-19 Information Centre
- WestJet: Aircraft cleaning and sanitation
- Canada
- Abacus-Data: As the Pandemic continues, more Canadians than ever are considering RVing this summer
- Leger: Tourism in Canada: understanding Travel After COVID-19
- TIAC-AITC: State of Tourism in Canada During COVID-10 Dashboard Report 2.0
- Peter Nicholson, Vivek Goel and Jeff Larsen: Protecting Canadas Borders Against COVID-19
- ResonanceCo: The Road(s) to Recovery for Travel & Tourism Webinar
- VIA Rail: COVID-19 Preventative Measures
- China
- Conference Board of Canada
- Destination Canada
- Business Events Planner Pulse Check: Insights into the future of business events in Canada: A planner pulse check in the era of COVID-19
- COVID-19 Impact and Recovery Report: Business Events
- Resident Sentiment
- COVID-19 Impact and Recovery Report: Travel-Related Measures
- COVID-19 Impact and Recovery Report: Domestic Travel
- COVID-19 Impact and Recovery Report: US Target States Summary
- Destination Canada: Phased approach to recovery
- Destination Think
- 3 Recovery phases for your destination and DMO: Mitigate, restart, reimagine
- Destination Think: Recovery Phase 1
- Destination Think: Recovery Phase 2
- Destination Think: Recovery Phase 3
- Europe
- Sojern: COVID-19 Insights on Travel Impact, Europe #71
- Euronews: Coronavirus travel rules: European countries’ border restrictions and travel measures explained
- France 24: Global COVID-19 cases pass 40 million as Europe tightens restrictions
- Republic of Cyprus: Resumption of international air traffic to Cyprus
- Visit Cyprus: Travel safely to Cyprus
- Online Travel Agent (OTA)
- Breaking Travel News: Expedia offers $275m in support to hospitality partners
- Travel Weekly: Summary of travel adaptations to June 1
- Provincial and Regional Tourism Reopening Strategies
- Bonjour Quebec
- Destination BC: COVID-19 Update
- Destination Nunavut
- Discover Halifax: Tourism Industry Recovery Planning for the Halifax Regional Municipality
- Hospitality Newfoundland & Labrador: Industry Updates
- Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada
- New Brunswick: Registering Travel into New Brunswick
- Northwest Territories
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario: COVID-19 update
- Saskatchewan: Re-Open Saskatchewan
- Tourism PEI
- Travel Alberta: 2020-22 Alberta (RE)Bound Strategy
- Travel Manitoba
- Visit Calgary: Calgary COVID-19 Updates
- Yukon
- TIAC-AITC
- State of Tourism in Canada during COVID-19 Dashboard 2.0
- TIAC Recovery Committee: Canada’s Visitor Economy
- USA
- Arrivalist: Daily Travel Index: Weekly Briefing – Memorial Day Edition
- Destination Analysts – American travel sentiments weekly update
- World Tourism Organization (UNWTO):
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Venues
- CDC: Considerations for Events and Gatherings
- Draft – COVID-19 Facility Waiver
- GBAC Star Facility Accreditation
- IHRSA: Coronavirus Resources for Health Clubs
- Lifesaving Society: Guide to reopening pools and waterfronts
- One Plan: Seating Bowl Capacity Assessment
- Queensland Tourism Industry Council: Industry Framework for COVID Safe Events in Queensland
- The Event Safety Alliance Reopening Guide