Sport events and integrated destination development
Author(s)
Mackellar, Joanne
Nisbet, Sharen
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2014
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Sport events are recognised as contributing to the development of tourism destinations, both through direct visitation and through destination image building, and yet they are not well understood in terms of their contribution to the development of destination networks. The development of the tourism destination framework by Haugland, Ness, Gronseth, and Aarstad (2011). Development of tourism destinations: An integrated multilevel perspective. Annals of Tourism Research, 38(1), 268 is supported by five propositions which are assessed here, in the light of the evidence collected from Sail Port Stephens and other published ...
View more >Sport events are recognised as contributing to the development of tourism destinations, both through direct visitation and through destination image building, and yet they are not well understood in terms of their contribution to the development of destination networks. The development of the tourism destination framework by Haugland, Ness, Gronseth, and Aarstad (2011). Development of tourism destinations: An integrated multilevel perspective. Annals of Tourism Research, 38(1), 268 is supported by five propositions which are assessed here, in the light of the evidence collected from Sail Port Stephens and other published studies. Overall, the results support the propositions, and further suggest that sport events can become a mechanism through which destinations can develop products and services that utilise resources and competencies across several firms to contribute to destination development.
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View more >Sport events are recognised as contributing to the development of tourism destinations, both through direct visitation and through destination image building, and yet they are not well understood in terms of their contribution to the development of destination networks. The development of the tourism destination framework by Haugland, Ness, Gronseth, and Aarstad (2011). Development of tourism destinations: An integrated multilevel perspective. Annals of Tourism Research, 38(1), 268 is supported by five propositions which are assessed here, in the light of the evidence collected from Sail Port Stephens and other published studies. Overall, the results support the propositions, and further suggest that sport events can become a mechanism through which destinations can develop products and services that utilise resources and competencies across several firms to contribute to destination development.
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Journal Title
Current Issues in Tourism
Subject
Tourism not elsewhere classified
Business and Management
Marketing
Tourism