2022
DOI: 10.3390/su14105928
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The Role of Sports Policing and Tourism Safety at the Summer Olympics

Abstract: The study examines the Summer Olympics from the point of view of sports policing and tourism safety. Held every four years, the Summer Olympics are the world’s biggest sporting events, posing a significant challenge for tourism and law enforcement professionals. Billions of people watch the Olympic events on television, and hundreds of thousands of people are simultaneously present at the venues. Ensuring the safety of tourists and athletes on-site is the host country’s responsibility. In many cases, the targe… Show more

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“…In this way it has generated social and economic crises still affecting our lives today, despite the fact that these areas of our existence were thought to be also fully accessible, and so less filled with dangers [51]. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the surface a plethora of lessons and things to be analysed, concerning, among other things, the need to make the safety focus of our future plans more sophisticated [52,53].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this way it has generated social and economic crises still affecting our lives today, despite the fact that these areas of our existence were thought to be also fully accessible, and so less filled with dangers [51]. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the surface a plethora of lessons and things to be analysed, concerning, among other things, the need to make the safety focus of our future plans more sophisticated [52,53].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several studies have established that it is practically impossible to enter the area of a sports event to commit a crime due to strict control. Crimes committed during sports events take place in the vicinity of sports venues, where there is less police presence and no control (Má tyá s et al, 2022).…”
Section: Predictive Analyticsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Today, tourism is one of the fastest growing and highly diversified sectors of the economy (Drotár and Kozma, 2021a;Drotár and Kozma, 2021b;Klamár and Kozon, 2022;Mátyás et al, 2022;Tóth et al, 2022), despite the downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic (Škare et al, 2021;Pramana et al, 2022;Roman et al, 2022). However, achieving a competitive edge in the international arena requires constant innovation on the part of all players.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%