Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Andrei Ion
Author-Name-First: Andrei
Author-Name-Last: Ion
Author-Email: andrei_pion@yahoo.com
Author-Workplace-Name: Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Title: Should countries worldwide be more interested in hosting sports mega-events?
Journal: CACTUS - The Tourism Journal for Research, Education, Culture and Soul
Abstract: Tourism is nowadays recognized as an important sector that has an impact on the development of country economy. Tourism activities have a real impact on economic and social development as they contribute to the GDP and because of its role that it plays on the labor market. The ability of the national economy to benefit from tourism depends on the availability of investment to develop the necessary infrastructure and on its ability to supply the needs of tourists. Hosting sports megaevents is a theme with important impacts on the national economy. The scope of the paper is to present the impact of sports mega-events tourism on the hosting city/country. The paper also treats why sport mega-events are an attractive opportunity for countries but also what some possible loses may appear if choosing to host them.
Keywords: tourism, event tourism, sports events, mega-events
Classification-JEL: L83, M2
Creation-Date: 2014
Year: 2014
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
File-URL: https://cactus-journal-of-tourism.ase.ro/Pdf/vol10/Andrei_Ion.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:bum:cactus:cactus-2014-8