The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa was undoubtedly a great experience for both soccer fans and their South African …, however, its short-term impact on international tourism to South Africa, in the form of immediate positive effects on the …, using high-frequency daily data on tourism. This sobering outcome may be attributable to self-defeating expectation effects …

World-class and prestigious sporting events, especially in football, draw many international visitors. One of such … events was the European Football Championship held in Poland in 2012. The number of foreign tourists arriving in 2012 … 95 in 2014. The presented data show that the organisation of European Championship in football in Poland in 2012 was an …