Residents’ Perceptions of the Impacts of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Before, During and After the Mega-Event

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https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v13i2.1554

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Rio 2016, Olympic Games, Mega-event, Host Community, Perception.

Abstract

This study investigates the residents’ perceptions of Rio de Janeiro regarding the impacts of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. For the first time, a country in South America was chosen to host this megaevent, being a great opportunity to track residents’ perception and cover a gap in longitudinal studies involving residents in developing countries and its impacts on the host city. A face-to-face quantitative survey was conducted over three years, with a total of 1,211 interviewees in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The population perceived positively mainly an improvement in urban mobility and an increase in tourism; but, negatively, the misuse of public resources, increase in prices, and non-lasting legacies that critically affected the image of the destination post-Olympics.

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Deborah Moraes Zouain, Universidade Unigranrio

PhD in Production Engineering (COPPE / UFRJ), a Master's in Education from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a Graduate in Administration from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in Rio de Janeiro and a Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).

Paola Bastos Lohmann, Universidade de Aveiro

She is a PhD student in Tourism, University of Aveiro, Portugal (completion in 2020). She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Management, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). She graduated in Tourism, Fluminense Federal University (UFF). She is a researcher at UNIGRANRIO Centre for Tourism Research. She is a Reverse doctoral grant holder, FAPERJ – 2018.

Gabriela De Laurentis Cardoso, Universidade Unigranrio

She is a Master’s student in the Post-graduation Programme in Design, Superior School of Industrial Design, UERJ (PPDESDI). She attended a Master's Degree programme in Market Research, Media and Public Opinion, University of Entrepreneurial and Social Sciences (UCES), Buenos Aires. She graduated in Visual Programming by UniverCidade, Rio de Janeiro. She is a researcher at UNIGRANRIO Centre for Tourism Research.

Kaarina Barbosa Virkki, Universidade Unigranrio

She completed post-graduate degrees in Business Administration, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), and in Marketing, Brazilian Institute of Markets and Capitals (IBMEC). She graduated in Tourism, Fluminense Federal University (UFF). She is a researcher at UNIGRANRIO Centre for Tourism Research.

Marcela Cohen Martelotte, Pontifícia Universidade Católica - PUC-RJ

She completed post-doctoral studies, COPPE/UFRJ. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering, PUC-Rio, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), RJ and a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, PUC-Rio. She graduated in Statistics, National School of Statistics (ENCE). She is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Production Engineering, Fluminense Federal University (EEIMVR)

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Zouain, D. M., Lohmann, P. B., Cardoso, G. D. L., Virkki, K. B., & Martelotte, M. C. (2019). Residents’ Perceptions of the Impacts of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Before, During and After the Mega-Event. Revista Brasileira De Pesquisa Em Turismo, 13(2), 93–112. https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v13i2.1554

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