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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Die Studie „Konzept nachhaltige Mobilität EURO 2024“ beschäftigt sich mit der Förderung nachhaltiger Mobilität im Rahmen der Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2024 (EURO 2024) in Deutschland. Da der Verkehrssektor zu den Hauptverursachern von Treibhausgasemissionen zählt, ist die Förderung...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on numerous industries, including the event industry, resulting in widespread disruptions. The widespread cancellations of festivals have been a direct consequence of the pandemic, and, following the reopening, those that have taken place have...

After the expansion of the FIFA World Cup from 32 to 48 teams starting from the 2026 edition, the initial proposal was to split the 48 national teams into 16 groups of three. Among other drawbacks, this proposal provides potential for collusion. Recently, after widespread criticism, FIFA...

The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the worldwide biggest live media events and the world’s leading broadcast of an international music competition. The countries of the European Broadcasting Union participate by sending an artist (or a group of artists) to the contest and both expert juries...

The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the worldwide biggest live media events and the world’s leading broadcast of an international music competition. The countries of the European Broadcasting Union participate by sending an artist (or a group of artists) to the contest and both expert juries...

Purpose: To explore the evaluation between tourists’ and residents’ satisfaction with the tool of Importance-Satisfaction Analysis originally introduced by Importance-Performance Analysis. Design/methodology/approach: A survey was conducted at Anseong Matchum Land, the venue of the festival,...

We run a staged field experiment during three concerts in the South of Italy, characterized by the same traditional music and a comparable average level of alcohol consumption by attendees. Individual blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is measured with electronic breathalyzers. The experimental...

"Contemporary sports have transformed from entertainment activities that bring people together to a lucrative business that sparks sport fans to engage and share content on social media. A successful sport event promotes the visibility of sponsors' brands, cultivates a dedicated following for...

This note contributes to the literature on the air pollution consequences determined by hosting mega-events. An econometric analysis is provided to document the increase in air pollution observed in Naples (Italy) during the G20 Ministerial meeting on the Environment, Climate, and Energy carried...