An Analysis Of The Impact That Events Have On The Economy And Communities Of Host Areas
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An Analysis Of The Impact That Events Have On The Economy And Communities Of Host Areas
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Events perform a powerful role in society. They have existed throughout human history in all times and all cultures (Bowdin, 2001). Events play a significant role in the context of destination planning, enhancing and linking tourism and commerce.
The promotion of events by local authorities as part of their approach to economic development is now commonplace within the UK as in other countries. The most conspicuous examples are probably those linked to so-called hallmark or mega-events such as the Olympic Games and other major sports competitions (Hall, 1997; Jones, 2001; Carlsen and Millan, 2002). However, much smaller events - perhaps relating to literature, flowers, music or other forms of leisure consumption - are now routinely part of less ambitious but nevertheless locally significant economic development strategies (Wood, 2002a; Hughes, 1999; Harcup, 2000; Gnoth and Anwar, 2000; Carlsen, 2002).
This report aims to compare and contrast the current literatures on the topic of impacts of the events to the host area/country. The report will analyse both positive and negative impacts from different aspects, namely: economic impacts, social and cultural impacts, physical and environmental impacts and political impacts. The report develops further to weigh up the evidence and evaluates how far events can exert a positive impact. To support author's view and believes, many examples were used and discussed in-depth to achieve the aims and objectives of this report.
2.0 THE IMPACT OF EVENTS
Defining an event can never be scientific. Measuring the impact is not straightforward. Allen, O'Toole, Harris & McDonnell (2004) categorized range of potentially positive impacts of events as the following - all of which can be measured (See Appendix I- . Potentially measurable positive impacts of events). Hall (1989) also categorized the positive and negative impacts of the events,...
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