Changes in Host Community Reactions to a Special Sporting Event

Twynam, G. David; Johnston, Margaret

doi:10.1080/13683500408667981

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“…Furthermore, clearly, although communities may express support for tourism development associated with events, many local residents are also concerned with its associated inconveniences such as traffic congestion, crime and overcrowding (Twynam and Johnston 2004). It is, therefore, important when conceptualising and planning an event and related activities to examine and understand the likely social impacts of mega events.…”

Section: Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Aspects Relating To Venue Smentioning

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Resident Perceptions of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup Stadia Development in Cape Town

Bob

Swart

2009

Urban Forum

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The 2010 Federation Internationale de Football (FIFA) World Cup to be hosted in South Africa is expected to provide an opportunity to further the country's objectives of using sporting events to signal international recognition and promote socio-economic development. Studies on sport tourism events tend to focus on economic impacts and neglect social issues (Ritchie and Adair 2004). In particular, residents' perceptions are overlooked although they are often directly impacted by sport events, especially when they reside in close proximity to the event location. The 2010 FIFA World Cup is heralded as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with significant legacy benefits for South Africans. However, generally, the actual voices of local residents are absent in relation to debates pertaining to this event and concomitant anticipated benefits (Swart and Bob 2007). One hundred residents in each location were interviewed. The focus of the study was to examine the perceptions of the residents towards the proposed stadia development and potential impacts of the 2010 World Cup. The findings reveal that there is considerable support and positive perceptions relating to South Africa's hosting of the 2010 World Cup. However, there were several concerns raised in relation to the distribution of anticipated benefits and the impacts of the stadia on their lives.

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Section: Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Aspects Relating To Venue Smentioning

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Resident Perceptions of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup Stadia Development in Cape Town

Bob

Swart

2009

Urban Forum

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“…The questionnaire used to explore residents' attitudes of the perceived potential impacts of the 2009 Kaohsiung World Games was based on the Verified Tourism Impact Attitude Scale (Lankford & Howard, 1994) and on other sources in the event tourism literature (Getz, 1991(Getz, , 1997Hall, 1992;Ritchie, 1984;Shultis et al, 1996;Twynam & Johnston, 2004). A specific question was asked as to whether residents were aware that some "Games" would be hosted in their local area in 2009.…”

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A framework for monitoring during the planning stage for a sports mega-event

Chun

Egan

Rotherham

et al. 2011

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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This paper proposes a monitoring framework to be used during the planning stage for a sports mega-event. The research identifies a lack of monitoring and evaluation studies during the development stage for sports mega-events. Importantly, it notes the absence of research which evaluates an event systematically from the outset of the process and from the perspectives of host residents and event planners. The framework was developed on the basis of the philosophical approach of pragmatism; it focused on a sustainable development perspective, and it was applied to a case study of the Kaohsiung 2009 World Games. A survey of the views of 606 host residents about the potential impacts of the event revealed that the respondents tended to show higher levels of agreement on the host benefits. The results of 38 interviews with various stakeholders indicated big gaps in both the city's long-term development aspirations and the Games themselves and also in the event strategies adopted. Using this information, key sustainability issues can be identified and monitored during the event planning stage so that the desirable outcomes of events can be enhanced and then sustained in the longer term.

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“…As such, mega-event research has been underpinned primarily by Social Exchange Theory (e.g., Blau 1964;Emerson 1976;Gouldner 1960;Malinowski 1922) for understanding the nuanced shifts of residential perceptions and reactions. Within the Social Exchange framework, cultural, economic, social, and environmental impact variables have been identified and tested as contributing factors to residential support of events as well as tourism related development (e.g., Fredline and Faulkner 2000;Gursoy and Kendall 2006;Gursoy and Rutherford 2004;Twynam and Johnston 2004). OLYMPIC BOOMTOWN Social Exchange Theory allows for the investigation of both positive and negative residential attitudes regarding mega-event related development (Ap 1992).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%