Allmers, Swantje; Maennig, Wolfgang - In: Eastern Economic Journal 35 (2009) 4, pp. 500-519
The effects of Football World Cups in Germany 2006 and France 1998 on overnight stays at hotels, national income from tourism, and retail sales are analyzed. For France, no effects could be isolated. For Germany, 700,000 additional overnight stays and US$900 million in net national tourism...