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    it chooses the Beijing Olympics Games to explore. This report can be divided into 5 main parts. First part is summarizing Beijing Olympic Games on the impact of tourism industry. It will explore from three aspects which include the image of the country‚ the tourist source and tourism environment. Second part is overviewing Beijing Olympic Games makes the Beijing a unique tourist destinations. The next part is analyzing two major tourism dimensions of Beijing Olympic Games. The last part is a brief

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    India first participated in Olympics in 1900 in Paris. The country was repre sented by Norman Pritchard‚ an Anglo Indian who was holidaying in Paris during that time. The Indian Olympic Association is responsible for the preparation and participation of competitors in the Olympic Games as well as in Regional events like Commonwealth and Asian Games. There is a separate federation at national level in each game/sport which assists the Indian Olympic Association and preparation of

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    enterprise are what create jobs‚ not government. From those experiences‚ I went off to have the chance at running the Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002. I came in and found that we had not only a scandal to deal with‚ but also a financial crisis to deal with. By the time the games were over‚ we had about a hundred million dollars that we put into an endowment there for the future of Olympic sport. The real experience was in Massachusetts. I found a budget

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    glance at the scoreboard. The score reads 17-18. My team‚ SF Tremors 13-1 has been going back and forth with Texas team Magic for more than an hour. Both teams won one set‚ and now Magic is in the lead by one point. This is such a long and exhausting game! I think frantically‚ talking to myself‚ focus Ella‚ focus. I try locking my tired eyes on the tall‚ chubby server but the towering middle blocker with wingspan of an eagle and outside blocker enhanced biceps were partially blocking my view. The girl

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    worth of contracts from the Sydney games and an additional A$300mn was generated by local business. Over 55‚000 people received employment related training. If London hosted the Olympic games‚ thousands of UK firms could be involved in supplying everything from construction to manufacturing‚ catering to merchandise. (http://www.sportengland.org/2012_uk.htm) Boost to tourism The tourist industry won’t just boom during the four weeks that the Olympic and Paralympic games actually take place‚ but for months

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    between the ancient and modern Olympics. Main reasons would be the appearance of the competitors i.e. men competed naked for pride and toughness. Another reason would be the sports as the ancient Olympics consisted of at most ten sports. The modern Olympics have substaintionally more events adn soon increased throughout the ages! in ancient Olympics athletes who won will have a lifetime supply of foods‚ in modern Olympics victorious athletes will have medals .. and the modern Olympics now have winter

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    with the fresh upbeat 2014 winter Olympic news. Shannon: Today we will be focusing on hockey legend Sidney Crosby‚ who secured Canada’s record fourteenth gold medal of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics when he scored the golden goal. Nazlie: The Team Canada roster has been released for the upcoming Olympic Games and it has been revealed that Crosby will represent Canada on the men’s ice hockey team in Sochi this February. This will be his second Winter Olympics that he has participated in and hopefully

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    | How can hosting the Olympic Games positively or negatively affect a city? | Hosting the Olympic Games | | Floyd Ellison | Andrew Clink | | How can hosting the Olympic Games positively or negatively affect the host city? There are many different views on this subject and this paper shall analyze many if not all of them. The Olympics are a fun and exciting event for a city to be a part of. But can a city really benefit from hosting The Games in the long run? To complete my paper a

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    the purpose of Olympic Games In the past some of the nations had bycotted the Olympic games because of political rivalries and differences but that does not mean that Olympics should be subordinated to political considerations. In fact the very spirit of Olympics is needed to remove tension from the world. In fact games‚ in general‚ are always helpful in bringing the nations closer ; it was ping-pong team which ironed out the differences between China and America. Olympic games if taken for their

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    OLYMPICS The Olympics are a huge sporting event that contains many different sports and consists of many different countries from around the world.Back in ancient Greece is where the ancient Olympics originated. From 776 BC‚ the traditional games took place at Olympia every 4 years for almost 12 centuries until 1896. The first modern Olympic games took place in Athens Greece in 1896 and the games played to today every 4 years.Today‚olympic games worlds biggest athletic and competitive event that

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