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151 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 2,039 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • Inadequate infrastructure. Limited professional human resources. Fragmented promotional strategies. Potential environmental degradation resulting from increasing tourism activities.

    Balancing Tourism Growth And Environmental Sustainability: Reorienting Sport Eco-Tourism Development In The Ciletuh-Palabuhanratu Geopark Area · 2026 · DOI

  • Further investigation into the effects of participation in festivals with dancing is necessary. It is necessary to focus on the sustainability of maintaining or attenuating the effects of participation in festivals. The long-term effects of festivals lasting multiple years should be studied.

    Impact of group dancing during Japanese festivals on people’s sense of community · 2025 · DOI

  • Nevertheless, the actual effectiveness of these forward-looking plans remains to be seen - converting stadiums hosting tens of thousands of people into daily facilities that meet community needs inherently poses a series of complex operational challenges.

    Research on the Spillover Effects of Major Sports Events on the Local Economy: An Empirical Analysis Based on the FIFA World Cup · 2026 · DOI

  • While a growing body of research has examined the economic and intangible effects, the specific relationship between MSEs and improvements in civil and human rights remains underexplored.

    Sport and Human Rights Issues: Can Major Sporting Events Improve Civil Liberties? An Examination of the Olympic and FIFA World Cup Host Nations Following the World War II · 2026 · DOI

  • This paper explores an understudied area of soccer development: the minor league or semi-professional level.

    Building a soccer infrastructure: the semi-professional structures in Canada and the United States as propellant to FIFA World Cup respectability · 2026 · DOI

  • The existing research does not demonstrate whether lasting effects exist over time. The impact of dancing at local festivals on individuals' sense of community is not well understood.

    Impact of group dancing during Japanese festivals on people’s sense of community · 2025 · DOI

  • However, little is known about the specific mechanisms by which governance structures influence residents' sports participation, particularly in the presence of sports infrastructure and public awareness.

    Community sports governance and physical activity participation: evidence on mediation by facilities and moderation by awareness · 2025 · DOI

  • The study highlights that the role of performing arts in promoting sustainable tourism practices remains underexplored.

    Discovery the intersection of performing arts in cultural tourism: a scoping review · 2025 · DOI

  • However, challenges such as the commodification of heritage, ethical representation of marginalized communities, and unequal access to digital technologies remain underexplored.

    Music in cultural tourism: insights from a dual approach of scoping review and bibliometric analysis · 2025 · DOI

  • This research contributes to the literature on sport event impact assessment by offering methodological insights and exploring an under-studied contextual setting, particularly regarding micro-level economic impacts.

    Sport event hosting and provincial economic growth: Evidence from the Bangsaen21 Half Marathon in Thailand · 2025 · DOI

  • Nomination committees (NCs) are a critical, yet under-researched, part of the good governance equation.

    Director Selection: Drivers for the Adoption and Design of Nomination Committees by New Zealand National Sport Organizations · 2024 · DOI

  • The sports industry faces challenges in terms of environmental sustainability and digital integration. Sports events require robust logistical support, including infrastructure and equipment management, and international transport. The study identifies the need for a systemic transformation in sports logistics to jointly embed sustainability and digitalisation.

    Sustainable sports logistics: A theoretical framework integrating digitalisation and environmental strategies · 2026 · DOI

  • The integration of environmental and digital strategies in sports logistics remains fragmented. No unified framework currently guides decision-making or performance measurement in sports logistics. The study identifies a gap in the current literature, where the integration of sustainability and digitalisation in sports logistics is not adequately addressed.

    Sustainable sports logistics: A theoretical framework integrating digitalisation and environmental strategies · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for holistic evaluations incorporating social and environmental dimensions. Prior work has focused on economic impact assessments, but there is a lack of understanding of the influence of sustainability practices on visitor behavioral intentions.

    Sustainability-induced loyalty in festival tourism: Examining the mediating pathways between sustainable practices and visitor behavioral support · 2026 · DOI

  • Existing research has mostly focused on single dimensions such as service quality or customer satisfaction, lacking a theoretical framework that can systematically explain the complete path of physical environment-psychological experience-behavioral intention.

    Research on the impact mechanism of environmental perception of stadium landscapes on sustainable spectatorship willingness from the perspective of embodied cognition: based on the experience model of “body–environment” interaction · 2026 · DOI

  • Further studies should investigate the long-term impacts of event tourism on cultural heritage. Research should examine the effectiveness of community-based tourism initiatives in preserving cultural heritage.

    The role of event and festival tourism in preserving cultural heritage: towards a new events calendar for the Maasai tribe, Tanzania · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding of the role of event and festival tourism in preserving cultural heritage. There is a need for studies that examine the perceived benefits and costs of event tourism among local communities.

    The role of event and festival tourism in preserving cultural heritage: towards a new events calendar for the Maasai tribe, Tanzania · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of research on the structuration of sports training in Morocco. The paper identifies a need to make the offer of sports training more readable, coherent, and able to produce a post-2030 academic heritage.

    Fragmentation institutionnelle des formations sportives au Maroc : structuration du capital humain sportif et héritage académique à l'horizon 2030 · 2026 · DOI

  • The limited number of studies on the evaluation and selection of outsourcing service providers in football clubs. The lack of integration of sports marketing and sports logistics perspectives in existing studies. The limitations of traditional multi-criteria decision-making methods in modeling sports organizations with high levels of uncertainty.

    A Type-2 Neutrosophic Decision Framework for Outsourcing Provider Selection in Professional Football: Integrating Sports Marketing and Logistics Management · 2026 · DOI

  • The study notes that substantial regional differences exist across rural China in terms of cultural traditions, economic development, and sport resources. The research highlights the need for large-scale, cross-regional quantitative designs to empirically test the pathways identified in the study. The study notes that the participants and conclusions of the study have limited representativeness for rural residents in other regions of the country.

    Research on the pathways through which rural large-scale sporting events enhance the well-being of local residents—a grounded theory study based on Guizhou, China · 2026 · DOI

  • The participants and conclusions of this study have limited representativeness for rural residents in other regions of the country. The study primarily adopts qualitative methods aimed at identifying key phenomena and constructing an explanatory theoretical model, rather than establishing strict causal relationships. The causal direction and strength of the pathway proposed in the model require further examination through large-scale quantitative research.

    Research on the pathways through which rural large-scale sporting events enhance the well-being of local residents—a grounded theory study based on Guizhou, China · 2026 · DOI

  • The critical lack of safe recreational spaces and high academic drop-out rates among underserved youth in Kaduna. The need for a comprehensive programmatic proposal framework and operational methodology for implementing sports-for-development interventions.

    Serve to Learn: Grassroots Volleyball Clinics and Educational Mentorship for Underserved Youth in Kaduna, Nigeria · 2026 · DOI

  • The inclusion of more cultural events from the province or in the country as a whole could help to identify specific contextual challenges. Future research could explore the application of the proposed resilience framework to other cultural festivals.

    Post-pandemic Resilience Strategies for Cultural Festival Tourism: Insights from the Royal Reed Dance Ceremony in South Africa · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for resilience strategies to ensure the sustainability of cultural events. The study identifies a gap in research on resilience-oriented event tourism from a developing-country perspective.

    Post-pandemic Resilience Strategies for Cultural Festival Tourism: Insights from the Royal Reed Dance Ceremony in South Africa · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for comprehensive evaluation of the existing research on sustainable winter tourism and climate change. There is a need for research collaborations in the field of sustainable winter tourism and climate change.

    Conceptualization Of Publications On "Sustainable Winter Tourism And Climate Change": Bibliometric Analysis With R Program · 2026 · DOI

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