TOURISM PAPER
LONDON OLYMPICS, 2012
MOHIT PARTAP SINGH
CONTENT
Summary
Overview
Introduction
Social impact
Economic impact
Environmental impact
Opinion
Conclusion
Summary:
This paper discuses about the sustainable tourism and its practices within a hallmark event. Sustainable tourism is very important because tourism is one of the world’s fastest growing industry and is major source of income of some countries. Tourism industry provide many jobs that help local economy. Olympic movement has been concerned with sustainable tourism practices to promote sustainability. This research will touch the impacts of London Olympics, 2012 had on economic side as well as social and how it helped local community in sustainable development?
Overview:
The London 2012 bid was based on the promise to utilize the Olympic Games to advance sports cooperation for all the events over the UK. This was the most ambitious project in the history of all the Olympics games ever happened in terms of its degree and level of progress, as, in the way to be implemented successfully. This event has also accomplished people’s behaviour as well as social structures and relations. The Olympic movement has been worried about advancing the educational mission of sport, globalisation, personal excellence and international understanding for about one hundred years from when it all started.
The London Olympics set an ambitious, yet admirable goal of implementing sustainable social development. It
Neil Faulkner was determined that the 2012 London Olympics would ensure a profound legacy for Britain as a nation. Firstly, this would lead to a historical development magnificent transport infrastructure to magnify the underground rail and road networks as well (Poulton, 2012). Secondly, the event would upgrade the Britain culture for more tourism activities (Poulton, 2012). This would enable London to gain the desired attention from the world effectively and convenient to benefit the nations (Xiaoming, 2012). Thirdly, the events would trigger environmental protection, and vital scientific innovations complete development of London. (Poulton,
There are quite a few factors that shaped the modern-day Olympics from 1892 to 2002. Pierre de Coubertin states that he wanted to create the Olympics to spread world peace. He does this by substituting war for friendly sports competitions (doc 1). Of course, there were some bumps in the road while trying to achieve this utopia. Some factors that have changed the Olympics are the allowing of women being able to compete in the Olympics, women’s suffrage, nationalism, wars, and economic conditions (doc 2-7).
As a sporting mega-event, the Olympic Games have numerous social impacts on the people, not only on those from the host country, but on individuals all over the globe.
The Olympic Games is a mega-event in the world, it represent the spirit of relationship, peace and solidarity. In the symbol of the Olympic Games, it represents the five Olympic rings means the five major regions of the world such as Africa, the America, Asia, Europe and Oceania, and all national flag in the world indicates one of the five colours such as blue, yellow, black, green, and red. Many people believe that the Olympic Games cause a significant number of issues. But, this essay will argue that cities should want to host the Olympic Games because it can lead to improvements to the city's infrastructure and stimulate the city's economy.
The modern Olympic Games were originally designed to be a celebration of culture and athleticism on a world stage. Athletes from all reaches of civilization strive to show off their skills and compete for the gold medal. The intent of the Games was not to provide a stage for governments to establish themselves as world powers, nor
5. Summary: This article focuses on events of mass public appeal, such as the Olympics, honing in on the politics of these mega-events while articulating the expected versus actual effects that these events have on different groups within society, and subsequently arguing
The Olympic games are a two weeklong tournament where the best athletes compete with solidarity and fair play to develop humanism and respect among every nation. Host candidates are chosen by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) according to specific demands and requirements. Nevertheless, chosen cities are meant to promise their entire commitment and effort for investing in infrastructure, public security, public health and tourism. Despite this optimism, the prevailing concern is that the costs will increase for those living in the host nation, while the mayor benefits will be for the IOC and all the multinational partners involved.
As the base of this essay is on how the Olympics have been used in the
Over many lifetimes the Olympic games have been a symbol of the most prestigious sporting event in the world. Throughout time the games have evolved from two events to two hundred. Along with the events, the athletes and vision of the games have changed as well. This paper is going to show the changes for better or worse of the games.
With five interlocking rings as the logo, the Olympics have always brought the world together. From all around the world, the human race has produced the best worldwide athletes, generally all within the same range of talent. Attending the Olympics is often coveted and on the bucket list of the majority of the human race, attracting major attention to whichever country may be hosting; whether this is an honor or a burden is debatable. Immense facilities and extravagant structures are built, often adding to the spirit of the Olympics. However, these structures do not appear out of thin air; they tend to be excessively costly, enough to possibly harm the economy of any LDC (Less-Developed Country). After the craze of the 2016 Summer Olympics
The Olympics in London in 2012 are distinguished by its strangeness and surprise audiences scenario in order to be remembered. The organisations of the games used three very important factors which impacted not only the cultural event but also people
The Olympic Games are a set of friendly competitions that bring countries from all around the world together, but many social, political, and economic problems in the past and present including racial and sexual discrimination and apartheid have prevented the Olympic Games from fulfilling their promise to bring countries together.
Another economic benefit of the London 2012 Olympics is the aspect of sport tourism. According to Weed and Bull (2004), the notion behind sport tourism is “........ As derived from the unique interaction of activity people and place” This tells us about the tourism potential of the London 2012 Olympic Games. It is believed that sport is an important tourism phenomenon (Collins and
Originally an entirely amateur competition the Olympics have developed into a unique opportunity for media exposure for athletes who would otherwise never have a chance to attain national or international fame. The Games also constitute an opportunity for the host city and country to showcase themselves to the world and for their political leaders the opportunity to polish their
The Olympics were founded to bring together different cultures and to promote peace. However, this isn’t what happened at all; the games abused human rights and gave control to government that used it to advantage. Some people say the games aren’t political but actually they are. Over the past 75 years politics has let itself into the games and using it for their own advantages. Earlier I said that the one the purposes for the games were to connect with other cultures but instead abused human rights. This is true; one big example of this is when the games were held in China and the ruler of China was violent (Hoberman).