(Department of Physical Education,Xinjiang University,Urumqi 830046,China) Abstract: As the area biggest province in China, Xinjiang has ample tourism resources, unique natural landscapes and diversified folk cultures. By using SWOT to perform an in-depth analysis on sports tourism resources in Xinji-ang, the authors revealed the following findings: Xinjiang is provided with such featured sports tourism resources as unique natural environments, ice and snow related events, as well as national sports, whereas Xinjiang should clearly know about its own disadvantages and threats, find out advantages suitable for self development, seize the opportunities brought by Beijing Olympic Games 2008 to sports tourism, and work out practically feasible devel-opment strategies according to the characteristics of sports tourisms resources in Xinjiang, which is realistically important and meaningful for the development of sports tourism in Xinjiang. Key words: sport tourism resources;sustainable development strategy;Xinjiang; |