Sport Event Tourism in Bucharest. UEFA EURO 2020 Case Study

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Interesting topic with emphasis on the effect of visit for event or sport tourism especially due the Covid-19. One critical aspect that need to be reviewed is the expectation and satisfaction of the event by the tourist and as to how the safety and health concern really play the role based on existing literature. This is must in order to put the context which a bit missing in the early part of the article and in the conclusion.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Please refer to my comment as attached

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Reviewer 3 Report

I have review the interesting study entitled, “Sport Event Tourism in Bucharest. UEFA EURO 2020 case study.”

The manuscript described that event tourism is encouraging tourism flows and can stimulate socio-economic development of a destination such as Bucharest. Mega-sport events were among the very few types of events attracting tourists during Covid-19 period in 2020. The aim of this study was to analyse domestic tourists participation and satisfaction towards the sport event UEFA 2020. 

Abstract

The abstract quality needs improvement to reach standard of meeting the merit of academic writing. It needs a quality standard of writing to publish in outstanding journals like SUSTAINABILITY. Please revise the whole article and remove English grammar problems. I suggest the authors take English editing services from some agencies to improve the quality of this study.

Introduction section

I suggest that authors to read the suggested studies add the latest citations to the introduction, literature and method sections to enhance the quality of the study. 

Aman, J., Mahmood, S., Nurunnabi, M., & Bano, S. (2019). The Influence of Islamic Religiosity on the Perceived Socio-Cultural Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development in Pakistan: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach. Sustainability, 11(11), 3039. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/11/3039

Literature section:

Add literature section. You cannot delete this section. Read the suggested studies and cite these papers in the literature to enhance the quality of your work.

Mamirkulova, G., Mi, Mahmood, S., Mubeen, R., & Ziapour, A. (2020). New Silk Road infrastructure opportunities in developing tourism environment for residents better quality of life. Global Ecology and Conservation, 24, e01194

 

Materials and Methods

This section is very weak. Please follow the suggested studies and improve your paper. The authors need to improve this section. I am recommending some good studies. Read the methods of these studies, improve your paper, and cite these studies in this section. Suggested useful articles citations:

Local Burden of Disease, H. I. V. C. (2021). Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems. BMC Medicine, 19(1), 4. doi:10.1186/s12916-020-01876-4

 

Schmidt, C. A., Cromwell, E. A., Hill, E., Donkers, K. M., Schipp, M. F., Johnson, K. B., . . . Hay, S. I. (2022). The prevalence of onchocerciasis in Africa and Yemen, 2000-2018: a geospatial analysis. BMC Med, 20(1), 293. doi:10.1186/s12916-022-02486-y

 

I suggest checking minor typo errors to enhance the quality of this study. I will accept this manuscript for publication after modifications, as suggested.

 

Discussion section:

I suggest you to discuss the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic. How it has affected business activities. Read the proposed studies to improve your analysis. See the recommended studies and improve your sections.

Conclusion

 

Climax creativity and scientific contribution of this study to the body of literature. The English level needs corrections to meet scientific merit for publication. I accept and endorse this manuscript for publication after minor corrections, as suggested

Author Response

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

The authors done the correction well. Thanks and good luck

Reviewer 3 Report

The revised version of this manuscript can be accepted. Good luck.