Nowicki told insidethegames that he wants the hosting rights for World Aquatics' flagship events to be allocated for the next eight years in a bid to create a settled calendar for athletes and give organisers more time to prepare.

Fukuoka in Japan is set to stage next year’s World Aquatics Championships before it is scheduled to head to Qatari capital Doha in 2024 and Russian city Kazan in 2025.

Budapest is due to hold the biannual tournament in 2027.

The Hungarian capital is also expected to stage the World Swimming Championships (25m) in 2024 after this year's event was held in Australian city Melbourne over the past six days.

But no more hosts have been confirmed for the short-course tournament.

Nowicki insisted that securing hosts was one of World Aquatics' priorities and revealed that "new and exciting cities that have opened their doors to us".

"Getting that calendar set is a primary focus on this team," Nowicki told insidethegames.

"We are really hopeful that we can get our World Championship calendar set out for the next two [Olympic] cycles.

"I think we are pretty close to that.

"We need to do a better job at getting that calendar out early but it’s definitely not easy.

"It’s been a hard struggle and one that has kept me up late at night trying to wonder how we are going to service our athletes

"I like to be two cycles out on my World Championships to know where I am going to be for the next eight years."

It has been a disrupted year for World Aquatics with its marquee events forced to be relocated.

Budapest stepped into the breach to hold the World Aquatics Championships after Fukuoka postponed its staging of the event until 2023 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Melbourne also came in at short notice to stage the World Swimming Championships (25m) after replacing Kazan which lost the hosting rights due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

"As much as it has been amazing to be here in Melbourne and amazing as it was to be in Budapest we can’t keep that pace up of organising great events in four to six months," said Nowicki.

"I want to be in the business of organising great events in three years.

"I want to have my team start working with the Organising Committee and be innovative with our partners to bring new markets to life.

"That can’t happen in six months but that can happen in two or three years of planning and preparation.

"I want our Organising Committees to be well budgeted and feel confident that they are going into something that is well planned and I want them to be able to build campaigns.

"Whether it’s clean water initiative or learn to swim programme, I want that to be part of our offering."

Nowicki argued that having a calendar in place was more important to athletes than money as he looks to secure further hosts.

"When I started, I bought into the idea that money is a driving factor for athletes as to whether or not they compete," said Nowicki.

"I don’t think that’s the case.

"I think that we offer an amazing product that many athletes would compete in whether or not we raise praise money by 10, 20 or 30 per cent.

"What I think is important is calendar and location.

"If we set the calendar early an give them great venue to train and compete in and have fun, the athletes will show up.

"But if we have a terrible calendar, don’t give ample notice and the locations are inconvenient no matter how much money we put on the table they are not going to come.

"I know they want more money.

"Of course, we all do and I want to give them more, setting them up for the rest of their lives and they deserve that but I think more than that is the calendar.

"If we are able to do that the top athletes will be there."