tourism business development to generate future inbound travel (Dimanche, 2003).
Sport events can be part of a set of destination attractions for new and loyal sport consumer
markets (Dimanche, 2003). Small local communities that are not widely known
or considered tourism destinations may be impacted positively or negatively by small or
large-scale sport events that attract attendees and participants from state, national and
international levels. Destination images, therefore, can be influenced by the hosting of a
sport event and the attributes associated with the event.cting