The Great Olympic Economy The Olympics help to boost the economy by adding massive amounts of revenue for an entire country where they are held. It employs several thousands of people for the duration of the events. It adds major revenue sources in the form of ticket sales, tourism sales and advertising revenue from various activities that are done by businesses in and out of the host city. Aid is also given to a country for rebuilding of their infrastructure in order to host the games. The planning and work required to host the event takes significant time and effort.
The city has beautiful sceneries. Although London’s population is high and they have some economic, social and growth problems. The city is famous for its parks and gardens, and his cultural attractions. They make several festivals, fairs, carnivals; there are over 40 free festivals each year, for example the “Noting Hill Carnival”, which is the second largest carnival in the world This make London an awesome tourist attraction, They have over 240 museums and galleries for example the “British Museum” this museum is famous for its exhibition of dinosaurs skeletons, and ornate architecture. All of these things make London an awesome tourist attraction and this help London’s economy.
held the 24.5-mile B.A.A. Road Race to conclude its athletic competition, the B.A.A. Games. [2] The race, which became known as the Boston Marathon, has been held every year since then, making it the world's oldest annual marathon. In 1924, the course was lengthened to 26 miles, 385 yards (42.195 km) to conform to the Olympic standard.
There will be approximately 205 nations competing in 300 events. Last year’s Olympics in Beijing were spectacular and everyone will be looking forward to seeing what London will be
The varying sources of media are relied upon everyday by the general public as a source for gaining information whether it be factual or fiction and the media sector is therefore very lucrative and profitable. The recent increase in social networking websites has provided a new gateway for media, with popular sites such as ‘Facebook’ gaining $700 million in 2009 (Eldon, E 2010). However, the film industry, which has been operating since the early 1900’s, is the topic which will be approached in this essay and its accordance with the vehicle strand. The vehicle strand “relates to the carriers or vehicles of communication” (Valdivia, A 2003) to which films is one of them. This essay will analyse the theory of genre within the vehicle strand and applying it to the critically acclaimed 1975 film ‘Jaws’ by Steven Spielberg.
It is an extremely important industry in Scotland valued at £4.9 billion per year, 5% of gross domestic product and supporting 27,000 tourism businesses. Tourism offers investment opportunities in sectors such as city hotels, resorts, spas and resort marinas, and culture tourism. Scotland is easily accessible by air, road, rail, and boats. Good exchange rates are allowing more Americans visit Scotland and some tour operators are reporting a 10 per cent rise in bookings. VisitBritain chiefs are predicting a 2 per cent rise in spending from overseas and are planning some new global
However, strategies can also be used to save substantial money while enjoying Las Vegas. You don’t have to be rich to enjoy what Las Vegas has to offer. Some of the best dining, shopping, shows, and nightlife in the world can be found here and it can be enjoyed on a limited budget. Behind Times Square, the Las Vegas Strip is the second most visited tourist destination in America (“Top 25 Most Visited Tourist Destinations in America”). Las Vegas can be thought of as a giant playground for grown-ups, which had over 39.2 million visitors last year (“Vegas FAQs”).
Preserving artifacts is great for Greeks economy because it attracts millions of tourists each year and makes thousands of jobs. Greece attracts so many tourists every year because of their techniques to conserve their ancient monuments and artifacts and the acropolis in Athens has even been described by UNESCO as “the greatest architectural and artistic complex bequeathed by Greek antiquity to the world”. Sculptures from ancient Greece is also something that is world-wide known and admired until today. Artists that study sculptures and ancient art will always search for Greece as a primary resource of arts and ancient history. The Greek economy may not be doing so well nowadays but even tough they lack money in various areas they never let their cultural artifacts in a bad state.
it was on August the 15th to the 18th 1969. During that weekend, 32 of the biggest acts at that time performed outdoors in front of 500,000 people. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most vital moments in popular music history, and it was listed by the Rolling Stone’s magazine one of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll Woodstock was begun through the efforts of Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Artie Kornfeld. It was Roberts and Rosenman who had the money. Lang had experience as a promoter and had already organized the largest festival on the East Coast at the time, the Miami Pop Festival, which had an estimate of about 100,000 people to attend the two day event.
Henry Bacon was the key architect of the statue which began construction in 1912 and was officially finished in 1922. It is one of the national icons of our great country. Many speeches and various events have been held at this place. Most notably would be MLK’s “I have a dream” speech. It is one of the country’s most visited attractions attracting over a million people a year.