Estimating income effects of a sport tourism event

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 United States road race. The distribution of the results varied significantly based on model type. The aggregated occupation based model using full-time equivalent wage data offered the most promise for future tourism application. Using occupation-based data allows researchers to illustrate how job categories within industry sectors are affected by tourism events. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.