University Report: Analysis of the Impact of Hosting Olympic Games

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted impacts associated with hosting the Olympic Games. It delves into the economic benefits, such as increased tourism and long-term investment, while also addressing the financial risks and potential for economic downturns. The report examines the health impacts on host cities, emphasizing the need for improved healthcare systems and addressing public health concerns. Additionally, it explores the environmental consequences, including deforestation and increased carbon footprints. The report concludes with recommendations for minimizing negative impacts and maximizing the benefits of hosting the Olympics, focusing on sustainable development, economic strategies, and public health initiatives.

Academic and Professional
Skills

Table of Contents
Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Analysis............................................................................................................................................1
Overview of hosting Olympics...................................................................................................1
Health impact of Olympics on host city......................................................................................2
Economic impact of hosting Olympics.......................................................................................3
Environmental impact of hosting Olympics...............................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................4
Recommendations............................................................................................................................4
Key suggestions for minimising negative health impact............................................................4
Key suggestions for minimising negative economic impact.......................................................5
Key suggestions for minimising negative environment impact..................................................5
REFRENCES ..................................................................................................................................6

Executive Summary
Providing bid for an global event like Olympics, required as large documentation and
heavy investment of capital for host country. This is not only to provide benefits but also give
rise to different issues that has to be addressed before hosting an show. In this possibility of
heavy financial loss, worst impact of environment condition of health participants. All factors is
require to enforce prior arrangements to resolve all issues which results in achieving potential
economic benefits over same.

INTRODUCTION
Global event is been defined as an organized event which involves people over different
countries around the world. Olympics is an competitors heroics and pride of a nations, where
host cities make a huge investments within games. Hosting such global event an event involves
different kinds of countries all over the world. Olympics is related to competitions, heroics and
pride of nation in which host cities that helps in making larger investment to be done. Hosting of
global events is aid for creating a large number of temporary jobs in relation ton improvisation
within infrastructure that is beneficial for an country towards its future. Investment regarding,
enhancing of accommodating with facilities where both domestic and international area visiting
or participation in games. In other context investment has to be made for constructing roads,
airways and improving environmental conditions with surrounding areas. Risk is involved in
conducting of Olympics as investment made is higher involves within it entrancement of
accommodation facilities where in budget is required to be arranged in better and effective
manner. Inconvenience in travelling, price inflation, crime and security is required to be taken
into consideration. This has been helping in facing challenges for hosting global event. In this
various risk like cost of building stadium, minimising chance of negative publicity, cost of
security and more. It also includes legacy of sports facilities, issues relating to health and safety,
potential public health risks and more (Fisher, Bagiati and Sarma, 2017).
In this report has to be based upon study of benefits and challenges faced by a country in
consideration of hosting an Olympic event. Discussion has to be made upon impacting of hosting
of such event in both environmental and social perspective. Also economic impact in relation to
job creation, future trade and cost investment is to be covered. Main objective of report is to
make analysis upon impact and is been recommended accordingly for maximizing benefits and
dealing with challenges hosting in Olympic event.
Analysis
Overview of hosting Olympics
Hosting global event is going to bring enormous economic, environmental and social befits
which makes increasing tourism, long-term investment possible. Sports and legacy is required to
hold benefit. When an country hosts global event then raising high profile of city that makes
creation of long lasting benefits in relation to economy. When a country hosts global event it
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assures that persistence increases both recognition and tourism. This leads over creating long
lasting economic benefit. In relation to Olympics the event makes sure that persistence increases
in relation to tourism within which countries like Barcelona,Sydney and Beijing already hosts
large level of cities. Significance regarding this also involves long-term investment which comes
when a major event has to be prepared. This is there to create legacy fro improving sports venues
as per which government requires to do investment over infrastructure and transportation
investment has to be made for influx of tourism.
Health impact of Olympics on host city
Health legacy concept defined as positive and sustainable impact on host country or city,
associated with hosting of Olympics Games. In bidding process of hosting a global event, it is
essential for government of host city that health care system must be improved first. The health
legacy of games must ensure to improve capacity in medical services which is required for
hosting the Olympics. It states that hosting an event at global level, aid a country or city in
strengthening its public health system. It includes surveillance of any disease; management of
risks and rapid respond towards health emergency; enhancement in living environment for
citizens of host city; health awareness’ increase among athletes, visitors and all participants of
host country via successful health campaigns and education prior to as well as during the
Olympic Games. Thus, improvement in health services, infrastructures and implementation of
advanced technologies, with hiring of an impressive resource of highly trained health
professionals shows the beneficial impact of hosting Olympics to the host city, especially, after
end of the Games ,(Kolotouchkina and et. al. , 2020).
However, a number of challenges also arise while hosting a global event in front of host
country. It includes potential problems which might have implications of public safety threats,
environmental conditions, security concerns and epidemic issues for athletes and all participants
of games. Similarly, public health related issues includes overuse injuries to muscles or joints of
athletes or participants of games including tennis, beach volleyball, weightlifting, triathlon,
tennis and more. Similarly, other health issues for hockey players due to potential of getting
facial damage; musculoskeletal injuries like fractures, dislocations, tears and ruptures for
athletes; dehydration and heat-related illness for sportsperson during sporting events and more.
So, all these factors assist government to ensure that appropriate policies are needed to be
developed for hosting Olympics.
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Economic impact of hosting Olympics
Submitting a bid for hosting a global event i.e. Olympics with International Olympic
Committee (IOC) costs to millions of dollars to host country (Müller and Gaffney, 2018).
Government has to spend over $50 million to $100 million in terms of consultants’ fee, event
organizers, travel regarding with hosting duties. An instance includes Tokyo which has lost over
$150 million on bidding process of Olympics in 2016 and currently invest about $75 million on
2020 bid. Along with this, hosting the global event is relatively more costly than bidding process.
In examining all over the high cost related to place a bid and hosting the global event i.e.
Olympic Games, host country or city face a dilemma (Dolan and et. al., 2019). However, it helps
in creation of a variety of jobs in short duration, in terms of improvement in infrastructure,
construction, security, health care employment and more. Benefits and all the mentioned risks
may not be worth entire government investments. It has analysed from considering the case of
Tokyo, bidding and host cities both seem to benefit via world recognition in terms of
improvement in infrastructure at both environment and health system. However, extreme cost
arise questions about financial risks for host country. Therefore, due to requirement of high
capital investment which is seem to be apprehensive reduced opportunity for undeveloped
countries. On contrast, world-wide attention gives an opportunity to wealthy nations with
possibility of stimulate the economy through enhancement of tourism and trade. When cities or
countries has been hosting Olympic Games that has become essential for government to concern
about areas like economic, environment and social impact. Lager possibility is there which can
result into downfall of economy with overall project costs with host cities to be
incur(Rodriguez,and et. al., 2018).
However potential economy boom seems to be very difficult to project in which vision is
created with Olympic legacy which impacts investments on infrastructure may become much
expensive. Atlanta has spent approximately $600 million in 1996 within the winding up process
for hosting a global event to improve existing infrastructure. In this cost of $1 billion which
Greece that has been paid in 2004. That is why involving of heavy cost on local level with public
support is imperative. Similarly cost and tax payer is one of the big concern point for cities
within country before biding to host games and has increase cost of investment.
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Environmental impact of hosting Olympics
Change in climate, deforestation, population and various other has impacted global event
within an environment. Winter Olympics held in 2014 in Sochi, Russian all this is an example
with wide level issues of Olympics on host country. Construction of building and entire sites
should create an issue in relation to widespread of illegal landfills on wastage, animal migration
over surrounding areas, waste spillage within water bodies and unsustainable process, results in
degradation of quality that has been documented with life over inhabitants within particular
region. Usage of making heavy construction and different materials to improve overall structure
leads to increase carbon footprint, which highly impact negatively on environment. Another
adverse impact of Olympics on environment is that it leads towards deforestation due to
requirement of large area resulting in cutting different trees. This is similar as it increases
tourism and makes negative impact over an environment that makes high demand of visitor for
staying at nearby places.
Conclusion
From the above report bit can be concluded that placing a bid and hosting an global event
which is Olympics has make sure both benefits and risk is gained. Employment, improvement
within infrastructure within health systems that increases tourism and more best part of such
event. Extreme cost of investment, safety concerns with health issues over same factors with
huge risk for an country. Along with it making improvement within an agreement to organize
event which is required for larger events. This has been giving rise to all kinds of financial
concerns as well as for government, specifically less or underdeveloped country. Global event is
providing long term benefits in relation to trading, tourism and various other things (Beagon,
2018).
Recommendations
Key suggestions for minimising negative health impact
Hosting Olympics is considered to be effective but risk undertaking project not likely tio
mega project within an global event. In order to organize Olympic facilities this is essential by
the government to take steps for overcoming public health issues, before meeting a rock-solid
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completion date. For this purpose, to minimise the risks and leverage health legacy of sporting
events, some recommendations are given as beneath –
 Early plan which has to be made over designing of three plans one for leveraging legacy,
other for transition. Lastly this is for event itself and focus on safety and health.
 Regeneration or redevelopment of whole area should be foster by triggering the adverse
health impact.
Key suggestions for minimising negative economic impact
To accelerate transformational city for hosting Olympics over points needed to be
considered and reduction of impact over economic state has been explained as follows:
 Various infrastructure project before bidding needs is require to make determination of
overall cost within organization of games. Through process, prior actions to reduce cost.
 Construction and other infrastructure development related to plans should be made over
recycling of materials for maintaining sustainability.
Key suggestions for minimising negative environment impact
To address the issue within sustainable development, environment that is considered as the
third pillar of the movement through sport and culture. So, government needed to concern for
resolving issues to gain sustainability within the bending documents in relation to environment
conscious age. This makes minimising adverse affect in an organization through facilities to
host Olympic Games with actions needed to be taken has been given as:
 Reduction of carbon footprints, cutting trees which has to be minimized, eco-friendly
hotels and tourists activities should be promoted with introduction of carbon offsets.
 Begining from small things like silver and bronze medals must be manufactured from
electronic waste or by recycling plastic products(Heustis, and et. al., 2019)
Project related for making construction over roads that includes recycle materials that holds
capability absorbing water, building through usage with sustainability through wooden
beds by recycling cardboard and mattresses.
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