The first ever European Sport Tourism Awards event will be held at the Thomond Park Stadium in Limerick, Ireland in May.

Organised as part of the European Sport Tourism Summit – taking place from 14 to 15 May – the awards will recognise and reward innovation and achievement in sport tourism from across Europe.

Events, destinations and venues which have made outstanding contributions to the sport tourism industry will be acknowledged in front of a global audience of sport tourism influencers and practitioners.

Categories for the awards include The European Sport Tourism City Award 2016 – a designation awarded to a city in Europe who is considered to be delivering an integrated sport tourism city destination approach throughout 2015-16.

The winning city will hold the title European Sport Tourism City 2016.

Other categories include sport tourism venue of the year and the best overall sport tourism event.

• The European Sport Tourism Summit is the largest sport tourism event in Europe. To see the programme for the two-day conference, click here.