 Residents’ perception and economic impact of bullfighting: the case of Feria del Toro (Olivenza, Spain)Marcelino Sánchez-Rivero, Vicente Royuela and Alberto Franco Solís Current Issues in Tourism, 2021, vol. 24, issue 21, 3057-3071 Abstract: Despite being a controversial spectacle, bullfighting is a cultural event with relevant touristic and economic impacts. Consequently, local support for bullfighting may be influenced by perceptions of the economic returns generated as a result of hosting this spectacle. This paper characterizes bullfight tourism, computes the economic effect of a bullfighting fair, and examines the extent to which perceived economic impacts affect its local support. As a case study, we investigate the bullfighting fair in Olivenza (Spain). After conducting a survey to nearly 700 attendees of the fair, we estimate this event's economic impact through an input-output model. An ordered probit regression and a logit model are next estimated to evaluate whether residents’ support for the fair is connected with the perceived economic effect. Findings reveal that local support, especially from those attending the fair, is influenced by perceptions of positive impacts. Date: 2021 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:rcitxx:v:24:y:2021:i:21:p:3057-3071 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2020.1860917 Access Statistics for this article Current Issues in Tourism is currently edited by Jennifer Tunstall More articles in Current Issues in Tourism from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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