Woyo, ErisherNyamandi, Costantine2022-02-162022Erisher Woyo & Costantine Nyamandi (2022) Application of virtual reality technologies in the comrades’ marathon as a response to COVID-19 pandemic, Development Southern Africa, 39:1, 20-34, DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1911788.0376-835X (print)1470-3637 (online)10.1080/0376835X.2021.1911788http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83996event like the Comrades Marathon in South Africa. Regardless of these perceptions, managers of sporting events are encouraged to make significant investments for the strategic development of virtual sports in the wake of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.en© 2021 Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC). This is an electronic version of an article published in Development Southern Africa, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 20-34, 2021. doi : 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1911788. Development Southern Africa is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/cdsa20.Virtual realityCOVID-19 pandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)DestinationSports tourismComrades marathonSouth Africa (SA)Postprint Article