Academic and Professional Skills: Impacts of Hosting World Cup 2024 in England

This article discusses the impacts of hosting World Cup 2024 in England from academic, professional, economic, and environmental perspectives. It also highlights the importance of academic and professional skills for individuals and the hospitality, travel, and tourism industry.

Academic and
Professional Skills
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Main perspective..........................................................................................................................3
REFERENCE..................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Academic and professional skills is related to syllabus which is getting by individuals for the
purpose of developing their learning abilities. Academic skills encompass to academic writing,
referencing, and presentation skills which is important for individual to have. For individual it is
important to have good knowledge and skills which can be used to accept the challenges and
attaining higher performance (Domareski Ruiz, Chim Miki, and Dos Anjos, 2019). Professional
skill is the abilities of an individual that can help to succeed in their jobs. Now a day’s sports are
having special demand in whole world where people are good in sports taking part and perform
well. World cup is the quadrennial tournament of 32 national team which can help to play the
different games and win the awards. The government is hosting a world cup in England 2024
where it should be follow all the guidelines. Every tournament is hosting by government as there
is need to approval from government of different where games are hosted.
MAIN BODY
Government is having major role in each country as whenever something is going to start
or host in other country there is need to get approval of nation where event is going to organize.
It bidding to host the World Cup 2024 for the purpose of improving world image and increasing
the economic condition of different nations. People are so such aware and active who take part in
different games that can help to make feel good. It has seen that by hosting event in countries
will be effective as it develops skills and abilities of individual after getting part in games. The
hosting event is impacting directing on the public, economy, and behaviour of people which can
help to managing higher productivity and performance. The World cup is the most prestigious
soccer tournament in the world which is played every four years. The schedule allows time for
qualification tournaments and play offs to take place. To hosting event, there is need to formulate
the plan, budget and other functions that can help to complete the event and develop the
performance (Ashcroft, Blatti, and Jaramillo, 2020).
Main perspective
The Impacts on the Tourism, Hospitality and Events Industries.
To host the World Cup 2024 in England is the effective way of creating the history and
status of country where event is going to be happen. It has seen that whenever a nation event
happens in any country, many people decided to go and enjoy. For this, people book the hotels,
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restaurants and other accommodation services which are important for them and helps to make
feel comfortable. This can help to develop the organizational performance and improve the brand
image in the changing environment. For example, World Cup 2024 is bidding to host in England
where people show their interest to visit and enjoy. For staying, hotels and tourism services are
started to book in different hotels that can help to feel good and increase the organizational
productivity in the competitive environment (Bieliaieva, and et.al., 2019). The positive and
negative impacts of hosting event on Travel, tourism and event industries are as explained:
Positive impact
Short term effects on the hospitality sector – By hosting the World Cup event in 2024
impacts for short duration as it creates the interest of foreigners and tourists to visit the place and
enjoy the games. During this event they needs hotels for which they make the booking and also
enjoy the different visiting places that can help to develop the brand or hotel image in specific
country. Historical analysis of attendance of FIFA World Cup for the period from 1994 to 2018
showing an unbelievable interest of foreign tourists in Russia, and other places that would help to
occupy the all hotels and managing the functions effectively (Zimbalist, 2020).
Longer term influences on the country as a tourism destination – Event are the
important for country wherein people participate in each function by showing their abilities or
skills. The long term effect of World Cup 2024 is to improve the tourism and sports
infrastructure of England that can help to generate the income continuously. Once event or sport
has been organised and conducted then it creates the historical place which used by foreigners
and other people to visit the hotels and places where event has been happened. This bring the
improvement is their productivity and sales by influencing number of customers and develop the
performance.
Increase the brand image and country growth – With the help of World Cup 2024,
hospitality and tourism sector cam improve their brand image as it influences the number of
foreigners and tourists to visit the places which are shown on T.V. and social media. The people
male decision to visit the places and book the hotels properly (Rookwood, and Adeosun, 2021).
Negative impact
Logistical challenges of hosting the event – To host the event or World Cup can create
the challenges for Tourism, hospitality and service industries as rejection of innovations due to
lack of timing. This issue might be arising while running the event and have decided to host the
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event. It has seen to bring the changes and innovation there is need to introduce the changes
which can help to attracts the individual and make decision to book. If hotels are having less
time, then it would be difficult to adopt logistical changes and complete the task (Graeff, and
et.al., 2019).
Lack of attraction – It has seen that if sports are not according to people interest and
affordable then it will be difficult for individual to attracts the people as it creates the many
challenges for hotels and service industry to operate their business at national level (Nadotti, and
Vannoni, 2019).
Economic Impact
For countries economy is important as it shows the financial or credibility condition of
their country that has been affected due to travel, tourism and hospitality sectors. World Cup
games are hosting every four years at different nation that might be impacts in positive or
negative manner:
Positive impact
Job creation – To organize the event and sports it will be good opportunity for
individual and country to create the jobs and manage the higher performance. Unemployment is
the major issue which is facing by individuals as they are educated and experienced to work.
Sometime it has seen that people who wanted to get good job opportunity fails to achieve that
affects the individual’s as well as country economy. It has seen that World Cup 2024 in England
impacts positively by creating jobs for the local, regional, and national level. This can help to
increase the performance and profitability.
Increasing GDP – The another positive impact of economical perspective is to increase
the GDP rates that means when people comes in to country to visit or taking part in events then
they consume the products and services. By consuming products and services properly it will be
good opportunity for selected country to increase their GDP rates and maintain the higher
performance (de Oliveira Santos, and et.al., 2019).
Future trade – This is another aspect which means to expand business by influencing
number of people and developing the organizational performance. By organising the World Cup
2024 in England will be great opportunity to grow their business in changing environment which
can help to develop the organizational productivity and profitability.
Negative impact
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Costs to the tax payer – As event is organising in the country it will be difficult for
individual or different organization to pay the tax that increases the cost. To pay the taxes are
responsibility for any individual as that affects the business negatively by increasing costs. In
relation to World Cup 2024, it would impact negatively by creating the cost that create the
difficulties to operate the business regularly (Figueiredo, and Amorim, 2020).
High demand and low supply – When population increases in any country where it has
seen that demand of products and services also increases. This might be challenging situation for
particular country to sale products in equal quantity. This might be affect the country negatively
as people face problems to fill the demand as it increasing day by day due to organizing any
event and programme.
Impacts from an environmental perspective
Environment is the surrounding and conditions wherein a person, animal, or plants lives
or operates. This is important for country to analysis the environment and make decision to
organise or start an event. World Cup sports is the game that is hosts at different countries by
analysing the situation and bringing the changes in their environment which can help to make
feel good and increase the environment productivity. This factor has impacting in both side
positive and negatively that are as explained:
Positive impact
Regeneration opportunities – As event and Sports are organising in different countries
by understanding the demand where it is important to create the environmental changes that
might be affect the environment positively. World Cup and other games are hosting in country
that can help to regenerate the opportunities of developing environment. This is important for
each country to analysis the environment and sustainability which can help to organise the events
and maintain higher productivity (Ozturk, and Al-Kuwari, 2021).
Creating the sustainability – Event or programme are organising in different countries
by evaluating the environment that can help to maintain the sustainability and improve the higher
performance. When World Cup 2024 hosed in countries where it is important that to make sure
that there is no any environment. This can help to create the environment sustainability by
reducing wastages, increasing consumption and reducing the carbon emission that affects the
environment positively (Fawcett, Ewans, Lawrence, and Radford, 2019).
Negative impact
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Carbon footprint and pollution – This is a challenging situation for country as
increasing carbon footprint and pollution due to increasing uses of vehicles and pollution. It has
seen that when World Cup is hosting in country, people use their personal vehicles instead of
public transport which creates the high level of pollution and carbon footprint. This is a major
issue which is running in changing environment and affects the businesses negatively.
CONCLUSION
From the above it can be concluded that academic and professional skill is most
important for a person as it helps to analysis the market and introduce the changes accordingly
which can help to develop the organizational productivity. To organise any event in countries
there is need to get government approval that can help to perform the all functions and activities.
Hospitality, travel and tourism service is considering as main perspective for running its business
and hosting events.
Recommendation
 To organise and starting any event or programme there is need analysis the country and
services which can be used to develop the economy.
 The government of different country requiring to give the approval to Olympics, World
Cup and other games that can help to develop the country image.
 This affects the economy, hospitality, travel and tourism sector by planning an event and
managing the all functions properly (Kim, Kim, Cho, and Yim, 2019).
 To reduce the challenges and issues in hosting World Cup 2024, there is the need to
analysis the environment and formulate the policies which can help to managing higher
productivity.
 To reduce the negative impact of economy as increasing tax rates there is need to regulate
new investment policies and focus on providing different benefits which can help to
develop the economic condition of country.
 The management should arrange the all functions, infrastructure and activities properly
which can help to maintaining higher performance and profitability.
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