Commonwealth Games 2018: Impact on Tourism and Hospitality Industry of Australia

Tourism and Hospitality
Operations
Management
COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2018

Introduction
• The aim of this presentation is to enlighten the
reader about the information about the
Commonwealth Games 2018 initiated in the
country Australia.
• The presentation also evaluates the information
about the hospitality industry of the country along
with its different national as well state aspects.
• The presentation defines the ways in which the
environmental aspects influence the hospitality and
tourism industry of Australia.

Commonwealth Games 2018

Commonwealth Games 2018
• Commonwealth Games 2018 is also known as Gold Coast 2018 or XXI
Commonwealth Games.
• The event is an international multi-sport event that is organized for the members
of Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, and Australia.
• This event was the first that achieved gender equality by organising equal
numbers of events for female and male atheletes.
• This event was held from 4th to 15th of April 2018 and it was the fifth time that the
event was held worldwide. More than 4,100 athletes took part in the event along
with 300 Para-athletes from 71 Commonwealth Games Association as well
(Embracing, 2018).
• There were 275 sets of medals attributed to 19 commonwealth games. These
sporting events were held at 14 locations in the host city, two venues in Brisbane
and one in each Townsville and Cairns.
• Gold Coast became the seventh Oceanian city and the first city in the first city in
the region to host Commonwealth Games.