Quantifying the Economic Impact of Community Events.pptVIP

Quantifying the Economic Impact of Community Events What Community Events Give Rise to Community Economic Impacts? Public Budget Concerns Program evaluations are more commonly found today Increasing pressure to justify public investment Sound evaluation can be instrumental in getting public buy-in Is it worth the effort? Economic Impacts of Community Events Can be used to estimate benefit/cost of public investment Can be instrumental in gaining public support Can be used to gain corporate sponsorship of events Can be combined with other studies to measure the economic impact of tourist