Tourism sector has been rapidly developing within the global economy. This development causes an intense competition. Destinations aim to increase their own power shots by using their own basic resources. In this respect, each destination has to offer new touristic products.  In recent years, sport tourism has attracted the attention of the destinations as a touristic product. 

The research topic is Manavgat Destination with its appropriate nature for Mountain Biking. Manavgat has been primarily using sea-sand and sun tourism. It makes the destination dependant on summer season. Sport Tourism can spread tourism to 12 months and other areas in Manavgat destination. In this context, Mountain Bike Marathon which is the fifth time organized in Manavgat was examined. Mainly qualitative research methods have been adopted in this research.  Participant observations and interviews were made face to face, brochure and website of Marathon was examined. Additionally, one of the authors participated in the race. So data was collected and analyzed. The aim of this study is to find out the strengths and weaknesses of Manavgat Mountain Bike Marathon as a sport tourism event.