Mega sporting events can generate significant impacts on the host destinations. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics (“Tokyo 2020” hereafter) was a unique case as the pandemic minimized the impact of international tourism. In this situation, how could residents' perceived event impacts be associated with support intention for future event hosting? The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between event impact perceptions of Tokyo 2020, residents' social well-being, and their support toward future event hosting. Three-wave time-lagged data were gathered from residents in Japan (T1 = approximately one month prior to the event; T2 = immediately after the event; and T3 = four months after the event; N = 296). The results of the structural equation model showed that no event impact perceptions were directly associated with residents' support, measured four months after the event. However, positive economic and environmental impacts (T1) indirectly via residents' social well-being (T2) influenced their support for future event hosting (T3). The findings highlighted that the event impact perceptions and residents' support for event hosting can be mediated by temporarily activated social well-being. The findings are particularly important when people have difficulties finding connections to society (i.e., the pandemic in this study). A sense of social well-being is the key to enhancing residents’ support for future event hosting.

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2020 年东京奥运会对日本居民支持率影响的纵向研究：社会福祉的中介作用


大型体育赛事会对主办目的地产生重大影响。2020 年东京奥运会（以下简称“东京 2020”）是一个独特的案例，因为大流行将国际旅游业的影响降至最低。在这种情况下，居民感知到的活动影响如何与对未来活动举办的支持意图相关联？本研究的目的是考察对 2020 年东京奥运会的活动影响认知、居民的社会福祉以及他们对未来活动举办的支持之间的关系。从日本居民那里收集了三波时间滞后数据（T1 = 事件发生前大约一个月;T2 = 事件后立即发生;T3 = 事件后 4 个月;N = 296）。结构方程模型的结果表明，在事件发生四个月后测量，没有事件影响感知与居民的支持直接相关。然而，通过居民的社会福祉 （T2） 间接产生的积极经济和环境影响 （T1） 影响了他们对未来活动举办的支持 （T3）。研究结果强调，活动影响观念和居民对活动举办的支持可以通过暂时激活的社会福祉来调节。当人们难以找到与社会的联系时（即本研究中的大流行），这些发现尤为重要。社会幸福感是加强居民对未来活动举办的支持的关键。