Sport City Innsbruck: Sport Development Plan (SEP) is about to be implemented
For more than two years, the Innsbruck Sports Office has been working with representatives of clubs, infrastructure operators and the population to lay the foundations for concrete measures for the sports development plan. This should significantly expand the range of sports and leisure activities in Innsbruck.
INNSBRUCK. In June 2020, the sports development plan (SEP) for the needs-oriented and future-oriented further development of the sports and exercise offer in Innsbruck was commissioned by a municipal council resolution. In cooperation with the cooperation partner Institute for Sports Science (ISW) of the University of Innsbruck, the Sports Office developed 4 concrete fields of action from the data obtained and the results of discussions in October of this year. These were classified according to importance and urgency by 67 participating experts. With a unanimous municipal council decision on November 24th, the sports department was commissioned to start implementing the five top-ranked subject areas. Concrete implementation plans and a budget framework are to be defined by June 2023. “Innsbruck was and is a city where sport and exercise have always played a very important role. In order to focus and expand the existing, already very good range of options, we initiated this process. My special thanks go to all those involved who actively contributed their ideas to advance the sports city of Innsbruck,” says City Councilor for Sports Elisabeth Mayr, pleased about the final phase of the SEP.
Innsbruckers are very athletic
The results of surveys as part of the SEP in December 2021 and June/July 2022 show that 90% of Innsbruck residents are active in sports, 86% at least once a week. The sports practiced in winter are hiking (38% in absolute terms), alpine skiing (29%), swimming (28%), tobogganing (26%) fitness sports, jogging (25%) and ski touring (piste) (24%) . In summer, citizens prefer to go swimming, before hiking, cycling (everyday mobility), mountain biking, fitness sports, jogging and mountaineering. Only 21% practice sport in clubs, the majority of the population prefers to organize sport themselves.
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