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The Organization of Events: A Possibility of Tourism Revival After COVID? The Case of Sibiu
Authors: Ana-Maria Nica, Adina Irina Lăceanu

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The MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Congresses, Exhibitions) market has recently experienced a rapid growth, as
actors at both macroeconomic and microeconomic levels recognized the great potential of this kind of tourism
income generator. The events have also become elements that helped shape a tourism destination image or brand,
through organized systems such as the portfolio model. However, the Covid pandemic, with its subsequent
limitations and economic crisis, has severely impacted the events industry. No events, at any scale, were allowed
to be organized, thus resulting in losses of billions of euros worldwide. With the economies slowly reopening, due
to the partial lifting of Covid-related limitations, there seems to be room for the revival of tourism destinations.
The analysis of previous studies has revealed a scientific gap, related to the possibility of reviving an urban
destination through a large scale event. Therefore, the aim of the present scientific paper is to fill this gap, by
looking into the perception of potential tourism demand on this subject. It also investigated the specifics of such
an event, with a focus on the Romanian city of Sibiu. To this end a survey was conducted in the beginning of the
year 2021, and its main results are presented in this article.