"Olympics will bring in over £2 billion for UK in tourism" (claim)

Britannist · 16-09-2007, 08:15 PM

"Olympics will bring in over £2 billion for UK in tourism" (claim) -

A report which may be of interest to those who have criticised the likely cost of the 2012 London Olympics:

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com...?id=1481452007

eublues · 16-09-2007, 09:28 PM

I guess it will put many off coming in 2012 - I wouldn't chose to visit a country at or around the time of the disruption of an Olympic Games. You can see it better on TV anyway.

Phil Sheldon · 16-09-2007, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Britannist

"Olympics will bring in over £2 billion for UK in tourism" (claim) -

A report which may be of interest to those who have criticised the likely cost of the 2012 London Olympics:

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com...?id=1481452007

So we'll only be £7 Billion out of pocket then?

Olympics budget rises to £9.3bn
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6453575.stm

g hall · 17-09-2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Britannist

"Olympics will bring in over £2 billion for UK in tourism" (claim) -

A report which may be of interest to those who have criticised the likely cost of the 2012 London Olympics:

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com...?id=1481452007

I can just see the fifth pork squadron taking off

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16-09-2007, 09:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
eublues Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,128	I guess it will put many off coming in 2012 - I wouldn't chose to visit a country at or around the time of the disruption of an Olympic Games. You can see it better on TV anyway.