Mega‐events tourism legacies: the case of the Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games – a territorialisation approach

摘要: This paper examines the impact of mega‐events such as Olympic Games on tourism development in host territories. In first part, we adopt a territorialisation approach to understand relationship between event and region. A mega‐event is conceived great chance generate new territory it produces both tangible intangible legacies that remain after ends: renewal facilities for hospitality accommodation, better infrastructures, training people business, improvement international visibility. These can represent platform future if local policies demonstrate ability re‐territorialise mega‐event’s temporary transforming effects into long‐lasting ones. The then focuses case Torino 2006. Moving from an overview recent data, some considerations post‐event trends are proposed. Thus, highlights several critical...