Overtourism and support for sports mega events

Affiliations

¹ Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Fuerstenweg 185, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
² Department of Social Sciences and Economics, University of Salzburg, Residenzplatz 9, A-5010 Salzburg, Austria.
³ Department of Economic Theory, Policy and History, University of Innsbruck, Universitaetsstrasse 15, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

Martin Schnitzer et al. Ann Tour Res. 2021 May.

. 2021 May:88:103065.

doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.103065. Epub 2020 Oct 11.

¹ Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Fuerstenweg 185, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
² Department of Social Sciences and Economics, University of Salzburg, Residenzplatz 9, A-5010 Salzburg, Austria.
³ Department of Economic Theory, Policy and History, University of Innsbruck, Universitaetsstrasse 15, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

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Keywords: Olympic games; Overtourism; Residents; Sports mega events.

Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

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