城市马拉松赛的发展及其对城市发展的影响

Developments of City Marathon Events and Its Influence on Urban Development

1981年,我国首次举办城市马拉松赛,在接下来的三十多年中赛事不断发展壮大。由于政府政策的支持和国民健身热情的高涨,国内掀起了一场马拉松"热"。本文探讨了城市马拉松赛的独特性,分析了城市马拉松赛给城市经济、文化、社会等方面带来的积极影响。在经济方面,马拉松赛加快城市基础设施建设,带动了旅游业经济增长等;在文化方面,马拉松赛传播了城市文化特色,融合社会文化与体育精神。但是,马拉松赛也给城市发展带来一定的消极影响。

China held the first city marathon event in 1981, and the events kept expanding during the following thirty years. Due to the support of government policy and the increasing enthusiasm of Chinese for fitness, there is a marathon boom in China. Then, the paper discusses the uniqueness of city marathon event, and analyses the positive effects that the city marathon event brings to the urban economy, urban culture and the society. As for urban economy, the marathon event speeds up urban infrastructure construction, stimulates economic growth in tourism and so on. As for urban culture, the event propagates urban cultural characteristics and promotes the integration of social culture and sports spirit. However, the marathon event also brings negative effects on urban development.