O impacto dos jogos olímpicos na imagem do destino e do país: Rio de Janeiro e Brasil

Abstract

The study pointed the impact of Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (2016) in the destination image and in the country image, and consequentently in the visit intention and in the purchase intention of produtcs made in Brazil. This subject is important, because all the media around the world had debated about Brazil and Rio Janeiro hosted the Olympic Games, due to the Political and Economic Crisis. By means of a longitudinal study with online survey, conducted two months before and two months after the Olympic Games with the same group of domestic tourist and foreign (n=837), the research show what is the change in country image and destination image, after the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games image and the Sport Motivation were analyzed as influencing elements in the Destination Image and in Country Image. Besides that, as the study was made with domestic tourists and foreign tourists as was posible analyze spatial distancing could change as the tourist typology as and showed some diferences in destination image and country image. There are 837 answers in total, 330 answers was domestic tourists in the first phase and in the second phase, 190 domestic tourists of this 330 answered the same questionarie. And 203 answers was from the group of international tourists in the first phase and 105 of this group answered in the second phase. All the data was analysed by the software smartPLS and the comparison was made by Test T Student. As a result of the study, the Sport Motivation had positive influence accepted in the event image, destination image and in the country image. The event image also had a positive relationship accepted with Destination Image and Country Image; just like Destination Image had positive influence in the Visit Intention. The Country Image and Destination Image also had positive influence in the purchase intention acceped by the test. Although, the country image hadn´t had a positive influence in the visit intetion and was rejected. In the end, was verified a positive change in the Country Image and Destionation Image, after the Olympic Games. The more interesting conclusion was that there weren´t change in Country Image to foreign tourists after the Olympic Games. As academic contribution, there are the analyse of the diferent impressions of Image as the change in the spatial distancing (following tourist typology) and the Sport Motivation influencing the Destination Image and Country Image. Besides the result, there were a management contribution, because the results could be the reason to host the Olympic Games due to the change in the Destination Image after the Olympic Game. Also, the research showed an Olympic Games operating model.