INVESTIGATING THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH ON TOURISM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF EU COUNTRIES

Öz

The global sports economics has been growing at a rapidly in recent years. With the increasing popularity of sports, the tourism activities of the countries are diversifying. Especially countries that can bring major sports organizations to their countries can benefit greatly from this. The main motivation of this study is to clarify the importance of sports economics. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of sports tourism on tourism revenues in EU member states for the period 2001-2022. As a result of the cointegration analysis, it was determined that the variables were cointegrated. The cointegration coefficient estimator was used to estimate the elasticity coefficients of the variables. In the analysis results, the elasticity coefficients of economic growth and sports economics are positive and statistically significant. Panel VECM analysis was used to determine the causality relationship between the variables. In the causality findings, economic growth is the causal of tourism receipts and tourism receipts is the causal of sports economics. According to the empirical findings, it is recommended that policy makers implement policies that will revitalize sports economics by investing in the country's sports infrastructure.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Sports Economics
• Economic Growth
• Tourism
• EU Countries

SPOR EKONOMİSİNİN VE EKONOMİK BÜYÜMENİN TURİZM ÜZERİNDEKİ ÖNEMİNİN ARAŞTIRILMASI: AB ÜLKELERİ ÜZERİNE AMPİRİK BİR ÇALIŞMA

Öz

Küresel spor ekonomisi son yıllarda hızla büyümektedir. Popülaritesi her geçen dönem artan spor ile ülkelerin turizm faaliyetleri çeşitlenmektedir. Özellikle büyük spor organizasyonlarını ülkelerine getirebilen ülkeler bundan çok fazla yarar sağlayabilmektedir. Spor ekonomisinin önemini belirginleştirebilme bu çalışmanın temel motivasyonudur. Bu çalışmanın amacı AB üyesi ülkelerinde spor turizminin turizm gelirleri üzerindeki etkisini 2001-2022 dönemi için araştırmaktır. Eşbütünleşme analizi sonucunda değişkenlerin eşbütünleşik olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Değişkenlerin esneklik katsayılarını tahmin edebilmek için eşbütünleşme katsayı tahmincisi kullanılmıştır. Analiz sonuçlarında, ekonomik büyüme ve spor turizminin esneklik katsayıları pozitif ve istatistiki olarak anlamlıdır. Değişkenler arasındaki nedensellik ilişkisini tespit edebilmek için panel VECM analizi kullanılmıştır. Nedensellik bulgularında, ekonomik büyüme turizm gelirlerinin, turizm gelirleri spor ekonomisinin nedenselidir. Elde edilen ampirik bulgulara göre, politika yapıcıların ülkenin spor altyapısına yatırımlar yaparak, spor turizmini canlandıracak politikalar uygulaması önerilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• AB Ülkeleri
• Spor Ekonomisi
• Ekonomik Büyüme
• Turizm Gelirleri

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