Analysis of the Impact of Marathon Race on the Economic Value of the City

  • Guijia Xu

Abstract

With the development of China’s economy and growth in the living standard, people’s demands for physical fitness are constantly increasing. Economic benefits and social benefits brought by Marathon enable more and more cities to promote development of urban economy by holding Marathon. In this paper, the author regards features of China Marathon and its economic value as objects and targets at economic impacts of China Marathon on the host city. Findings indicate that Marathon shows more economic values and cultural values, which exceed athletic competition itself to permeate into urban social economy and culture and to be comprehensive culture movement that integrates with fitness-for-all programs, urban tourism, competitive sports, cultural communication and exchange, spiritual civilization and public social services. Hence its economic values are self-evident.

Published
2020-09-30
How to Cite
Guijia Xu. (2020). Analysis of the Impact of Marathon Race on the Economic Value of the City. Design Engineering, 474 - 482. https://doi.org/10.17762/de.vi.677
Section
Articles