Impact Of U17 Women’s World Cup On The Jordan Economy And Tourism

Question: Discuss about the Imapact of U17 Women's World Cup on the Jordan Economy and Tourism. Answer: Introduction: Under 17 FIFA womens world cup was the biggest sporting event conducted in the Jordan ever (fifa.com 2017). Historically, no Middle East countries had conducted sporting events of such high interest and magnitude. For that reason, lot of expectations have been developed over the events that it will create positive impact on the overall economical condition of Jordan. It is also likely to enhance the popularity of football in the Middle East countries as well. In this study, the focus would be on assessing the kind of impact that U-17 womens world cup can have on the economical condition of the Jordan. Furthermore, the study would also focus on the kind analyzing the kind of impact womens U-17 world cup has made on the Jordans tourism sector. For that reason, the study would include clear aims and objectives in order to provide a proper direction about the research study. Research Aim: The study aims to analyze the kind of impact U-17 FIFA womens world cup can have on the overall condition of Jordans economy and tourism. Literature Review: Contribution of U-17 FIFA Womens World Cup in Enhancing the Economics Strengths Jordan: In the article published by the Jordan Times Womens World Cup to boost local economy has focused on highlighting the amount of positive impact U-17 FIFA womens world cup has created on the economical condition (jordantimes.com 2017). The article has mentioned that FIFA world cup has influenced Ministry of Finance to provide more amounts on the effective development of infrastructure. For that reason, several government and private projects has been conducted on Jordan economy, which has provided more earning opportunity for the local people (Williams and Chawansky 2014). The article has mentioned that around JD30 million was invested on the development of the infrastructure. On the other hand, Ministry of youth and sport and Jordan football association also has focused on developing the infrastructure of the stadiums for attracting more number of people to visit the nation. The article also has highlighted that U-17 FIFA womens world cup has allowed the economy to provide more job op portunity for both skilled and unskilled labour. Therefore, it has created positive impact on the per-capita income of the Jordan people. Moreover, development of effective infrastructure has also helped different foreign major organizations to focus on developing businesses in the Jordan market (Andrade-Souza, Moniz and Teoldo 2015). Therefore, it has also helped the economy to enhance the level of business conducted in the Jordans economy. The article has also mentioned that development of proper infrastructure has provided opportunities for different local businesses to enhance their reach in the Jordans market. As a result, it has also created positive impact on the overall condition of the Jordans economy. Impact of U-17 FIFA Womens World Cup on Jordans Tourism Sector: Jordan tourism board has also published an article regarding the level of impact U-17 FIFA womens world cup had on tourism sector (myjordanjourney.com 2017). It has been assessed that U-17 FIFA womens world cup has influenced domestic people to travel around the stadiums to watch all the matches. As a result, it has created direct positive impact on the overall condition on the tourism development perspective. Moreover, the study also mentioned that U-17 FIFA womens world cup had influenced people from all across the world to visit Jordan. For that reason, it has created positive impact on the foreign exchange rate, as more foreign money has included into Jordans economy. The article also has mentioned that increasing number of tourists also has created positive impact on the associated businesses with tourism sector. For instance, U-17 FIFA womens world cup has influenced hotel sector to increase the quality of structure. Moreover, different new hotels also have been developed on th e Jordans economy so that it can provide proper benefits to all the visitors in an appropriate way (Goldblatt and Williams 2014). The article has mentioned that around 5000 people have visited Jordan during the world cup. Moreover, around 500 players and supporting staffs also have visited the economy. As a result, it has increased the rate of success of the tourism sector in a major way. In addition, U-17 FIFA womens world cup has also provided a global platform for Ministry of tourism and antiquities to create awareness about the tourism sector. Therefore, it has helped the economy to attract more number of tourists even after the completion of the world cup, which also has created positive impact on the overall economic condition. Literature Gap: The above discussion has highlighted the fact that U-17 FIFA womens world cup has provided opportunities for the Jordans government to enhance the economical condition. On the other hand, it has also helped the economy to attract tourists from all across the world. However, U-17 FIFA womens world cup has also induced Ministry of Finance to invest huge amount on the development of infrastructure that can have different types of risks associated with the development perspective. Therefore, the study would focus on assessing the exact amount of impact on the overall development of the Jordans economy. Research Objectives: The study focuses on the following objectives: To analyze the kind of impact U-17 FIFA womens world cup has made on overall economic condition of Jordon To evaluate the impact of U-17 FIFA womens world cup on enhancing the popularity of Jordan tourism sector To critically evaluates the factors that had created barriers in enhancing the popularity of tourism and economic condition of Jordan Data Collection: Collection of necessary data is important for achieving success in completing a research study (Panneerselvam 2014). For that reason, the study would focus on utilizing different technique to ensure all aspects of the research study can be completed within the given period of time. In this study, the focus would be on the positivism research philosophy, as it would allow the study to cover all the areas. The study would consider positivism philosophy in order to develop clear aims and objectives, which would provide specific direction for fulfilling all the objectives. On the other hand, the study would also consider inductive approach, which would ensure that all the previously captured data by the Greater Amman municipalityand Ministry of tourism and antiquitiescan be used in an appropriate manner. It would also help the study to avoid development of any new perspectives about the topic. Finally, the study would also use exploratory research design for fulfilling all the objectives within the given time period (Taylor, Bogdan and DeVault 2015). It has been assessed that not much data is available on the internet sources for covering all aspects of the research topic. For that reason, the study would utilize in-depth secondary research technique for capturing detailed information about the research topic. Here, the study would consider thematic analysis, as it would help to include different aspects in an appropriate manner. Here, the necessary information about the research topic will be collected from the different published articles by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of youth and sport, Jordan football association, Greater Amman municipalityand Ministry of tourism and antiquities. For that reason, the study would focus on understanding the process Ministry of Finance have planned to conduct the event in Jordan. In this study, the focus would be on the Greater Amman Municipality in order to identify the actions it has taken for successful conduction of the event. The study would focus on conducting comparative analysis c ollected data for fulfilling all the requirements of the research objectives effectively (Silverman 2016). Ethical Implication Of the Proposed Research: According to Miller et al. (2012) proper ethical implication within the research topic is required for fulfilling all the objectives in an appropriate manner. Ethical maintenance not only helps the study to collect actual data about the research topic but also help to avoid different types of issues associated with the research process. Moreover, it also help to eliminate different risks associated with the research process so that it can able to fulfil all the objectives in an appropriate manner. Level of risk associated with the Research: The research topic covers enormous area, as it would have to analyze the entire growth of the Jordans economy (Wiles 2012). Moreover, the tourism sector is also very big in Jordan, which requires lot of time. However, the study has limited amount of time, which will induce to neglect different areas. Therefore, it would increase the risk level regarding the actual outcome of the study. Types of Document Required: As mentioned earlier, limited amount of time has influenced organizations to focus on different secondary resources to have a clear idea about the research topic (Greaney et al. 2012). For that reason, the study would include report of Greater Amman municipality, Ministry of tourism and antiquitiesand Ministry of youth and sportto have clear idea about the impact of U-17 FIFA womens world cup. The study would also focus on capturing information published in different newspaper and business magazines to provide additional value about the research topic. References: Andrade-Souza, V.A., Moniz, F. and Teoldo, I., 2015. Relative age effect in FIFA U17 Emirates 2013 World Cup: analysis of players who effectively participated in the matches.Motriz: Revista de Educao Fsica,21(4), pp.403-406. fifa.com, 2017.FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016 - Discover Jordan - FIFA.com. [online] FIFA.com. 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