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Place Marketing Through Sports Events: A Case of ‘Tour de France’

  • Journal of Tourism Sciences
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2005, 29(3), pp.103-124
  • Publisher : The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Tourism

정옥주 1

1국토연구원

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study examines the place marketing effects of sports events. The empirical case is ‘Tour de France’, a world famous French cycling competition. Reviewing previous researches on sports events in Korea, author investigates the place marketing mechanism and strategies of ‘villes d’tape’, by looking at, on the one hand, competition’s official ritual and, on the other, additional cultural events and activities. This paper also deals with specific cases of memorial place images created by cycling race itself. Author found the Tour de France as a sports event functions as systematic generator of local festivals in France.

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