HAT301 - Event Brief Assignment
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Student’s Last Name1Event BriefBy (Name)CourseProfessorUniversityDate
Student’s Last Name2IntroductionThe following paper is intended to build and enhance the skills of a student in understanding the part played by events and other attractions in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry. Understanding the processes involved in organizing a successful event is key to an event management student. An event is an organized occasion of a social nature. Attractions, on the other hand, are features whether natural or man-made that encourages people to visit a certainplace. In many countries, tourism is considered to be a major source of income and the backboneof the economy. Hence, events are planned during a different time of the year and people from all over the world visit and take part in them. For example, the 2018 Commonwealth Games as discussed below with all the details about its location and stakeholders. Type of Event, Dimension, and Associated AttractionsThe 2018 Commonwealth Games also known as the Gold Coast 2018 is an international event with different sporting competitions (Chappelet 2012, pp.76). It is an example of a mega event whereby, it is a huge event and has an immense impact on a countries whole economy(Coates 2012, pp.76). The Commonwealth will have an economic dimension in that, theoccurrence of these games in Australia is going to greatly impact the economy, the Tourism and Hospitality Industry in particular, following the income earned from the foreign visitors that will come to the country to witness the sports (Wicker & Sotiriadou 2013, pp.41). Also, the country will benefit from all infrastructures that will be developed for a successful sporting competition (Wicker & Sotiriadou 2013, pp.40). Looking from another dimension, all the people involved will get a chance to experience other cultures in the food they will eat while in their stay in
Student’s Last Name3Australia (Clark, & Kearns 2014, pp.78). Some of the attractions include aquatic centers which will also host the swimming and diving competitions.Brief Analysis of the Event’s CategorizationThe 2018 Commonwealth Games is a sports event that also enhances the different cultures having participants from all over the world with an emphasis on the Commonwealth members (Müller, & Pickles 2015, pp.62). The sports are in 18 major categories and are 275 in total. For the past 15 years, Australia has been hosting these games in Gold Coast, Queensland (Stell 2014, pp.56). The Gold Coast 2018 will occur between 4th and 15th of August 2018. The announcement for the 2018 games to be held in Australia was made in Basseterre, Saints Kitts onNovember 11th, 2011 (Ramchandani, & Wilson 2014, pp.45). One of the key aspects that made Gold Coast a suitable location for these games is that 80 percent of the venues in the city are in a state to host world Olympics. The Carrara Stadium which is the main venue was constructed in 1986 and can hold a total of 25000 people having 23,500 seats (Bajracharya, Cattell &Khanjanasthiti 2014, pp.120). The field has a length of 161 meters and 134 meters. The Commonwealth Games budget is estimated about 1.5 billion dollars. $657 million to be spent in the construction of the sporting avenues. Also, 4 security companies have been hired to ensure order and tranquility during the sports. In order to create a successful event, factors such as security and traffic need to be addressed. The Gold Coast light rail system will provide a direct connection to some of the gamevenues hence, the issue of participants running late due to inconveniences brought by transport will be eliminated. The participant countries are seventy all of them members of Commonwealthwith six thousand six hundred athletes (Byrne 2014, pp.1205). The sports will also include the
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