Sport-events have been changing into commercial areas in which several functions for the visitor and Spectator have been maintained. The core-product of a Sport-Event like a game of the German football league (DFL) is not limited to the sportive action itself; the management level takes more and...

This paper tests the hypothesis that a nation's hosting of a mega-sporting event is an experience good for its residents. Applying data from an ex-ante and ex-post query based on contingent valuation methods, we use the Soccer World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment. The significant ex-post...

The evolution of special events into a free-standing industry is a debatable statement in the academic field literature. From this perspective, the article tries to offer legitimacy to special events industry concept through its framing and argumentative explanation in the economic theoretical...

This article will explore the sustainability of events and festivals on tourism activities held in Cirebon, Indonésia. The city, known as the ‘City of Guardians’, is very popular with religious tourism destinations that are branded for tourism products. Events and festivals that are held on...

At the beginning of the 21st century, events tourism witnessed an impressive development in a series of countries due to the increase of the spare time and of the people’s income, to the cheaper and more diversified world transport, especially the air transport and due to the emergence of new...