Collaboration and Meta-organisation in Event Tourism

Download or read book Collaboration and Meta-organisation in Event Tourism written by Filippo Bazzanella and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mega-events such as the Olympic Games are often seen as the most prestigious tourism events in the world. However, public support for such mega-events has decreased over the past decades. To counteract this negative trend, the International Olympic Committee launched the Olympic Agenda 2020 and later amendments. With Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) hosting the Olympic Winter Games in 2026, two independent tourist destinations will be required to collaborate and share resources in multi-contextual environments as they become members of a meta-organisation. Moreover, they will have to implement the requirements of the Olympic Agenda 2020. Building on meta-organisation theory and 35 semi-structured interviews, the findings of this study highlight the organisational challenges in times of increased awareness of sustainability and positive legacy expectations. The research makes recommendations for the further organisation of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in six areas of action that require the attention of professionals and the support of academics.