Global event notes

GLOBAL EVENTS OF INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE


GLOBAL EVENTS OF
INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE




SPORTING EVENTS OTHER
(EXAMPLES) EVENTS
(EXAMPLES
)

COMRADES
FIFA WORLD CUP OLYMPIC
GAMES

, Global events of international significanc

•• Concept: Global event
•- Sporting events: FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon, Comrades, Tour de France, Olympic
•- Other events: G8 Summit, Summits on climate change (to be mentioned as example
• study the events as such).
•• The positive and negative impact of global events on international tourism
•• The impact of hosting a global event on
•- domestic tourism in the host country
•- the economy of the host country
•• The advantages and disadvantages for the host country (within a tourism context):
development in infrastructural services, investment, foreign exchange income, the mult
effect

, Keywords
• Host: The person, group or country that organises and
holds an event.
• Participants: People who participate or take part in an
event.
• Spectators: People who watch an event.
• Camaraderie: Helping each other to reach a common g