On 5 June 2025, the Circular Cities and Regions Initiative (CCRI) and the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP) joined forces to host a stakeholder event in Brussels and online. Part of EU Green Week 2025, the event offered insights into how circular strategies can be translated...

This article examines Japanese residents' perceptions of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. A nationwide survey measured attitudes towards the Games and perceptions of subjective well-being, comparing pre- and post-event evaluations to examine the impact of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic....

The growing awareness of economic, environmental, and social issues related to tourism highlights the need to identify innovative practices that promote sustainability in tourist destinations. This study investigates mega sporting events and their fundamental role in sustainable tourism; these...

The Torch Festival, a significant cultural heritage of the Yi ethnic group in Yunnan, China, has undergone significant reconstruction of its cultural symbols in the context of globalization and modernization. This study employed qualitative methods, drawing on semi-structured interviews,...

Purpose: Global cultural and arts festivals are often cited to enhance the image of a region and stimulate its economy. However, research and discussions regarding these global cultural and arts festivals have mainly focused on their outcomes and strategies for activation, with limited emphasis...

This study examines the relationships among festival success factors, festival satisfaction, destination image and des- tination loyalty. Based on the literature review, festival success factors were identified and a model was developed to measure the direct impact of these factors on...

The purpose of the research was to know the profile of the attendees of the Guanajuato International Film Festival and to investigate whether there are differences between residents and visitors in terms of their motivations and types of events. The dimensions of production, family unity,...

The EU Work Plan on Sport 2021-2024 sets knowledge-building and analysis of the situation in relation to the different rights of European athletes participating in sport events as a priority. The study's objective is to map, define, and discuss athletes' rights in and around big sport events...

The EU Work Plan on Sport 2021-2024 sets knowledge-building and analysis of the situation in relation to the different rights of European athletes participating in sport events as a priority. The study's objective is to map, define, and discuss athletes' rights in and around big sport events...

The article measures the economic effects of decisions made by two agents in the cultural and creative sector. Managers of a cultural event decide to produce it: it mobilizes a flow of artists and creatives who materialize their creations. Individuals decide to visit it: it mobilizes a flow of...

We analyze whether the Olympic Games contribute to a process of democratization in the awarded country, as postulated in the cases of the 2008 and 2014 Olympics, controlling for endogeneity issues that may arise if the decision to award host status by the International Olympic Committee is...

Objective: The objective of the article is to examine the catering challenges for hospitality workers versus ticket sales at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) in terms of their entrepreneurial behaviour. Research Design & Methods: This qualitative conceptual paper is based on...

Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup (WC) successfully and took the opportunity to further develop its non-hydrocarbon economy. Near-term contributions to Qatar's economy, from visitors' spending and WC-related broadcasting revenue, of up to 1 percent of GDP was comparable to cross-country...

This study examined the experiences of music festival attendees and their perceptions within the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) model. In this context, antecedents of the flow experience of music festival attendees (skill performance, ambiance, self-congruence, other consumers' passion,...

The study examines the significance of sustainability among festival attendees (N = 3,503), revealing that a substantial majority of 90.4% do not consider it a primary factor in their festival experience. The analysis highlights demographic influences, indicating that factors such as age,...