Romania: Bucharest International Marathon. The Impact of Half Marathon Race from an Environmental, Economic, and Sociocultural Perspective

Sorina Cernaianu (), Claude Sobry () and Ricardo Melo ()
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Sorina Cernaianu: University of Craiova, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
Claude Sobry: Univ. Lille, EA 7369 – URePSSS – Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, F-5900, IRNIST
Ricardo Melo: Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra - Coimbra Education School (IPC-ESEC), Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES-UC), Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation (CiTUR), IRNIST

A chapter in Small Scale Sport Tourism Events and Local Sustainable Development, 2021, pp 191-202 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Bucharest International Marathon is the most important street running event in Romania. The main purpose of the study was to examine the profile of runners who participated at this event and to highlight the impact of this road race in the territory from economic, environmental, and sociocultural perspective. The research was based on a common methodology elaborated by the International Research Network in Sport Tourism (IRNIST). In order to have results that are comparable to those of other countries, only the half marathon race of this event was analyzed. The data analysis was based on 148 valid questionnaires. The research has highlighted several aspects of the runners’ profile: average age 36.8 years old, high level of education, married or living with a partner, earn between 500 and 1000 euro per month, which is above the average salary. Taking into consideration the fact that more than 95% of the runners wanted to participate again in the future editions of this sport event, we therefore concluded that they appreciated the organization of the races, the ambiance and not only. This kind of benefits for the population seems to have been very important despite the small economic impact of this event.

Keywords: Bucharest International Marathon; Road Race; Romania; Socioeconomic Impact; Sport event (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-62919-9_11

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