The economic impact assessment of the XI FINA World Championships, held in Montreal from July 16 - 31, 2005, was released today by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance.

The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance conducted the study in partnership with the Aquatic Federation of Canada and Canadian Heritage (Sport Canada).  To conduct the assessment, the CSTA used the Sport Tourism Economic Assessment Model (STEAM) which measures the economic benefits of a sport event on a community.

Approximately 960 on-site surveys were conducted and collated at the event, providing the survey results with a confidence level of +/- 3.1%, 19 times out of 20.  The survey was conducted using the Techneos^® Entryware™ Pro System, which features the Entryware™ Designer software program for preparing the questionnaires as well as Entryware™ for Palm OS^® running on handheld PDA's for data collection.