The Role of the FINA Championships’ Volunteers in the Sport Tourism of Budapest: Aspects of Their Expenditures During the Event
The Role of the FINA Championships’ Volunteers in the Sport Tourism of Budapest: Aspects of Their Expenditures During the Event

Summary/Abstract: Volunteering is one of the fastest developing niche segments in the field of tourism. There are different motives why volunteers tend to participate in mega-events and where they play an indispensable role in the organization of international competitions today. FINA 2017 World Championships was Hungary's biggest organized sports event ever which took place and where approximately 3500 volunteers helped the arrangement. The research has been focused on the Hungarian helpers of the FINA event, regarding their consumption and expenditures (accommodation, transport, meal, social program). For this purpose, an online questionnaire was developed. Besides the relatively high number of respondents, the survey was the first investigation about the championships and the previously drafted questions were proved which highlighted the numerous parts of the FINA volunteers’ participation. The study’s most important result was that volunteers spent more during the competition than in the average weekdays, so their expenditures contributed to the revenues of Budapest.

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