Estimating the Economic Impacts of a Small-Scale Sport Tourism Event: The Case of the Italo-Swiss Mountain Trail CollonTrek
| Autor: | Riccardo Beltramo, Stefano Duglio |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Economic growth
mountain trails Event (relativity) Geography Planning and Development Social sustainability TJ807-830 Sample (statistics) 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 01 natural sciences social sustainability Renewable energy sources 0502 economics and business economic impacts Economics Revenue GE1-350 Economic impact analysis economic sustainability 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Public economics Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment 05 social sciences host community Building and Construction sport tourism Local community Environmental sciences Scale (social sciences) 050212 sport leisure & tourism Tourism |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 9, Iss 3, p 343 (2017) Sustainability; Volume 9; Issue 3; Pages: 343 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Evidence from several studies shows that small-scale sport events may have more positive repercussions for the host community than major ones in terms of both economic and social impacts. This study estimates the economic impacts on a small community derived from athletes’ expenditure at a specific small-scale sport tourism event, the Italo-Swiss mountain endurance trail CollonTrek. Even if this kind of event is considered a minor sport event, generating very limited economic activity, this study supports the hypothesis that the funds invested by the public administration are compensated for by revenue generated during the trail. In fact, according to the three analyzed scenarios (Conservative, Average and Liberal), for each euro invested by the public administration, an economic return between €17.62 and €18.92 has been estimated, and between €5.64 and €6.9 (32%–36.47%) represent the direct economic return for the local community. Furthermore, in addition to the direct economic benefits, in accordance with the feedback from a sample of participants at the event (n = 180), this kind of event has positive implications in terms of future tourism for the host valley, pointing out how this kind of tourist activities has positive repercussions in terms of economic and social sustainability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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