Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to identify and examine emerging trends in event and
festival research and also in the themes and topics being studied in this area …

Mega sporting events can be defined by their impacts and complexity in organisation and
delivery. This paper reviews the literature on the features of such events and, drawing …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Mega-events such as the Olympic Games and the
Football World Cup have become complex and transformative undertakings over the last 30 …

The concept of sport related tourism has become more prominent in the last few years both
as an academic field of study and an increasingly popular tourism product. The purpose of …

Sport is perceived to have the potential to alleviate a variety of social problems and
generally to 'improve'both individuals and the communities in which they live. Sport is …

This paper focuses on the legacy of mega sport events. First, the concept of legacy is
defined before the problems of measuring and forecasting legacy are discussed …

A 35-item tourism impact scale was developed. It was de rived from an initial pool of 147
impact items drawn from personal interviews and the literature, and it was refined us ing …

Academic interest in the economics of professional team sports dates back as far as the mid-
1950s. Since then, many books and journal articles have been written on the subject. Much …

This book critically explores sport-related tourism drawing on the fields of sport
management, the sociology of sport, consumer behaviour, sports marketing, economic …

City branding is a common practice adopted by many cities in the context of intensified
urban competition for mobile resources, markets, opportunities and attention. This paper …