Social-Cultural and Economic Analysis Of FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Terms of Demographic Variables

FIFA 20 Yaş Altı Dünya Kupası’nın Demografik Değişkenler Açısından Sosyal-Kültürel ve Ekonomik Analizi

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine differencebetween local spectators’ demographic variablesand organization’s social, cultural and economic impactsand using Mega Event Impact Scale developedby Jie and Yan (2010) which hosted Turkey for FIFA(Federation Internationale de Football Association)Under-20 World Cup Organization in 2013. The populationof the study occured local spectators whocomes to watch the World Cup matches played in Istanbuland Bursa cities. 28 women (%24.8) and 85men (%75.2) a total of 113 local spectators’ selectedwithin the specified population with the conveniencesampling method. Survey method is used as datacollection tool. The t-test and one-way analysis of variance(ANOVA) is used to determine differences betweenMega Event Impact Scales’ positive and negativedimensions and local spectators’ who participatethe survey gender, age, occupation, income state andresidential year variables. According to analysis, thereare not any significant differences between scales’positive and negative dimensions and spectators’gender and state of residential. However, local spectators who aged 45 years and over think that the organizationprovides more economic benefit compared toother age groups. Housewives and retirees think thatthe organization contributes more to the developmentof the city image and tourism infrastructure comparedto other occupational groups.

Özet

Bu çalışmada, Jie ve Yan (2010) tarafından