Grands équipements et manifestations de tourisme et de sport. Quelques réflexions géographiques

Large facilities and big events of tourism and sports. Big facilities and big events for tourism, leisure and sport become more and more important not only in the tourism competition but also in the general rivalry between territories (countries, regions, cities) in a more and more internationalized economy. The author tries to precise the definition of «big» and the relationship between facilities and events considered as such. He pleads for a more important participation of the geography in a pluridisciplinary research on these topics.