...Yuchen Zhang; Tingyu Hou; Hirotaka Matsuoka Purpose This study aims to address a gap regarding the positive and negative social impacts of recurring non-mega sport events perceived by local residents. It seeks to deepen understanding of how these events contribute to community support...

... not benefit as much as Rijeka would from European funds and new promotional networks. The ECoC 2020 thus represents a renewed opportunity for Rijeka, a chance to build a new local urban tourism economy and use the event to enhance social impacts (increased civic pride and new opportunities to interact...

... the relationships between perceptions of local people related to social impacts of festivals and emotional solidarity they feel for guests/visitors. Design/methodology/approach In line with this purpose, a quantitative approach was adopted, and 19th weaving, culture and handicrafts festival held in Buldan...

...Philip Xie; Andy Sinwald Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on: first, what major impacts do organizers perceive special events to create, and how do they measure an event’s success? second, do these perceived impacts align with the major themes of economic benefits, social impacts...

...Richard Shipway; Naomi Kirkup; Ljudevit Pranić; Lidija Petrić; Liljana Cetinić Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate residents’ perceptions of social impacts from co‐hosting the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship (WMHC09) in a small Croatian city – Split – in response...