Socio-cultural heritage of international competitive events as subject to pr management

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E.G. Kalyuzhnaya1
D.A. Ovcharenko1
Master student M.I. Bulygina1
1Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg

Every international competitive event always leaves behind the rich economic and socio-cultural heritage that may and must be employed for progress of the host cities and tourist sector. The event hosting stage shall be followed by its heritage management stage that may be interpreted as the project to secure progress in every economic, social, cultural and environmental sector of the host region and nation. A special priority in these efforts will be given to the relevant communication tools (modern PR toolkit) to lure the public attention to and support for the major event and efficiently manage its heritage. The PR toolkit to will be used to implement a multipurpose action plan including, among other things, promotion of the host city in the context of the sport event so as to employ its positive aftereffects to lure the target groups and spur up the flow of investments into the area. The article analyzes the practical experience of the PR management project to promote Yekaterinburg city as a tourist attraction site based on the heritage left behind by the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Keywords: international competitive event, socio-cultural heritage of international competitive events, PR-management of competitive events, sociocultural landscape of city, sport-event marketing.

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