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Author-Name: Eric Barget
Author-Email: eric.barget@unilim.fr
Author-Workplace-Name: CDES-OMIJ, University of Limoges.
Author-Name: Jean-Jacques Gouguet
Author-Email: gouguet@cdes.fr

Author-Workplace-Name: CDES-OMIJ, University of Limoges.
Title: The importance of foreign spectators’ expenditure in the tourism impact of mega-sporting events
Abstract: Many economic impact studies assessed that mega-sporting events can have an influence on the level of economic activity of the host territory. The 
	attraction of many tourists is usually at the centre of the analysis. During the Rugby World Cup 2007 in France, foreign spectators are at the root of 
	most of the economic impact on French regions, with significant differences depending on their nationalities and their sociodemographic profiles. It thus 
	appears that the regional impact of the event is even stronger since the host matches have attracted many foreign spectators with a high level of income 
	and expenditure.
Classification-JEL: L83.

Keywords: Mega-sporting events; Economic impact; Tourism benefits; Expenditure profile; Base theory.
Journal: Papeles de Europa
Pages: 27-50
Volume: 25
Year: 2012
DOI: 10.5209/rev_PADE.2012.n25.41094

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