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The legacy of an Olympic Games in a host city or country can take a variety of forms, including non-sporting benefits, such as enhanced urban infrastructure and national and international tourism profile, and sporting benefits, such as improved sporting facilities, strengthened sports...

Author(s)
Veal, A. J.; Toohey, K.; Frawley, S.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 2012, 4, 2, pp 155-184
Abstract

All sports were discontinued in 2020 with the arrival of COVID-19. Since then most have been reinstated, albeit without spectators. However, several countries have put together a number of different risk-mitigating strategies to allow spectators back into stadiums. This position statement gives an...

Author(s)
Pillay, L.; Patricios, J.; Rensburg, D. C. J. van; Saggers, R.; Ramagole, D.; Viviers, P.; Thompson, C.; Hendricks, S.
Publisher
South African Sports Medicine Association, Cape Town, South Africa
Citation
South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021, 33, 12558,
Abstract

Introduction: The contribution of sports tourism and sports events to socialization between societies is very important. This field brings people from different cultures together, allowing them to communicate, interact and unite over a common interest. Sports tourism also involves people...

Author(s)
Yücel, A. S.; Kuyucu, M. M.; Düz, O.
Publisher
Güven Plus Grup A.Ş., Istanbul, Turkey
Citation
International Refereed Journal of Humanities and Academic Sciences, 2023, 30, pp 1-19
Abstract

Increasing sport participation by hosting elite sport events is a much-debated policy. This study evaluated the effect of hosting elite sport events on sport participation against the background of a shift in focus towards targeting recreational sport participation. We included 10...

Author(s)
Mölenberg, F. J. M.; Waart, F. de; Burdorf, A.; Lenthe, F. J. van
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 2020, 12, 4, pp 531-543
Abstract

Numerous sports stadiums in Australia have been renovated or built from scratch in the past two decades, funded in whole or part by public subsidies. This note focuses on one particular group that benefits from subsidies - those spectators who attend live sporting events. A portion of the...

Author(s)
Wilson, J. K.; Siegfried, J. J.
Publisher
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, USA
Citation
Journal of Sports Economics, 2018, 19, 3, pp 389-397
Abstract

Meeting and event planners are constantly searching for unique venues to increase attendees' satisfaction by providing a one-of-a-kind experience. Many newly constructed or renovated sport facilities strive to position themselves as a unique meeting/event venue. This research investigated the...

Author(s)
Lee, S. W.; Parrish, C.; Kim, J. H.
Publisher
Routledge, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism, 2015, 16, 2, pp 164-180
Abstract

Rio 2016 Games were preceded by controversy and doubts about taking place in Brazil. Despite polemics, its achievement could generate a Momentum, a sense of accomplishment and capability since the opening of the Olympic Games until the end of the Paralympic Games. Just some mouths after Rio 2016,...

Author(s)
Galatti, L. R.
Publisher
Escola de Educação Física e Esporte da Universidade de São Paulo (EEFEUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
Citation
Revista Brasileira de Educação Fisica e Esporte, 2017, 31, 1, pp 321-329
Abstract

Building on the location advantage theory for international business, the authors used the event study approach, used extensively in the finance literature, to examine the effects of hosting mega sporting events on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in countries that hosted the Olympic Games,...

Author(s)
Lertwachara, K.; Tongurai, J.; Boonchoo, P.
Publisher
Human Kinetics, Inc., Champaign, USA
Citation
Journal of Sport Management, 2022, 36, 1, pp 9-24
Abstract

This study investigates Melbourne's status as an Olympic city. Beginning with its successful hosting of the 1956 'Friendly Games', Melbourne has subsequently established a vibrant Olympic legacy. This has included the development of world-class sports facilities, especially in the Olympic Park...

Author(s)
Baka, R.
Publisher
Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Citation
International Journal of the History of Sport, 2018, 35, 9, pp 874-897
Abstract

The merging of tourism, leisure and sports is a reflection of profound social and cultural changes that have occurred in western societies. In France, the introduction of the 40-hour working week in 1936 increased the leisure time available to all social classes. The effects of World War Two and...

Author(s)
Bodin, D.; Javerlhiac, S.; Héas, S.; Robène, L.
Publisher
Téoros, Universite de Quebec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Citation
Téoros, Revue de Recherche en Tourisme, 2009, 28, 2, pp 29-36

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