Sport Events as a Catalyst for Economic, Sociocultural, Tourism and Environmental Sustainability in Portugal

Abstract

Sport is a cultural manifestation with enormous potential in bringing people, cultures and nations closer together (García-Fernández et al., 2022), either by stimulating sociability or by conveying a sense of identity, of belonging, of being part of and inclusion (Reis et al., 2022). Considering this premise on the importance of sport as a driving factor for societies in the most diverse dimensions (Teixeira & Ribeiro, 2016), this study aims to analyse and assess the possible impacts associated with the holding of a high-profile sport event in the city of Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, in relation to economic, sociocultural and environmental sustainability development, while trying to understand its direct interaction with the...