In recent times, sport mega events have grown into major global spectacles that possess huge economic, political and social significance. Cities and nations compete intensively for the right to host mega events such as the Olympic Games, the Superbowl in American football, the Champions League final in European football or the ‘World Cup finals’ of various sports. For the organisers, these even...

The use of input–output models to determine the economic impact of sport tourism events is limited in that resulting estimates cannot be distributed based on host county income segments or by occupational category. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate methods for estimating the income effects of sport tourism events. Four models were constructed using data from a large, southeastern Uni...

We present a low-cost prototype system for real-time tracking of players during a sport event. The system was tested on recordings of a squash singles match. Two players are visible from bird’s eye perspective as they move around the squash court. System recovers position of each of the players on each frame and presents the results in real time on computer screen. Method for automatic tracker ...

Rapid advances in wearable technologies and real-time monitoring have resulted major inroads the world of recreational elite sport. One such innovation is application monitoring, which comprises a smartwatch ecosystem, designed to collect, process transmit wide range physiological, biomechanical, bioenergetic environmental data using cloud-based services. We plan assess impact this wireless tec...

It is vital to study spectator responses environmental campaigns advance sustainability initiatives. Therefore, this investigation aimed identify which factors influence sustainable transport intentions and perform a segmentation based on their responses. Data were collected from 355 spectators at an international surfing event hosted in renowned destination. The data analysed two stages. First...