...Martin Wallstam Purpose This paper explores event value from the perspective of policy stakeholders and discusses potential implications of this stakeholder group's perceptions of value on event policy, event evaluation and the public discourse on the value of events. Design/methodology...

... policy Event policy 2006 15th Asian Games Qatar Mega‐events matter; they matter as they have developed to be a building block of tourism in many destinations. They have become, almost tautologically, associated with the intermediate target for national efforts to improve the economy...