This paper examines event tourism as a field of study and area of professional practice
updating the previous review article published in 2008. In this substantially extended review …

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 …

As the sport management industry continues to grow and evolve, so do the methods for
gathering and applying research findings to drive successful sport organizations. Research …

Scholars have suggested that small-scale sports events may be a sustainable form of
tourism development for communities (eg, Higham, 1999). The purpose of this study was to …

Despite the predominant policy focus on event economic impact, event organisers and host
community residents are calling for attention to be paid to the social value of events …

In this study, a model for measuring impacts of a tourist event from sustainability
perspectives and in a common monetary metric is developed. The aim is to achieve …

With the growth in the opportunities for amateur athletes to take part in competitive events it
is becoming apparent that there is a need to separate active sport tourists into two types: non …

One of the earliest signals of the severity of the spread of COVID-19 in the United States and
other countries was the swift cancelation of many highly prominent amateur and …

The purpose of this article is to map and contextualise the evolution of the concept of legacy
over time using bid and final report documentation from Olympic Games host and candidate …

In response to the increasing debate on the relative worth of small events compared to large
events, we create a theoretical model to determine whether smaller events are more likely to …