Dogbreath,
The countries you named wouldn`t be going to visit any of the countries hosting the summer olympics either as most of them are third world countries who`s citizens will probably never be able to afford to even leave their neighbourhoods little own travel to foreign countries.
In many European countries, the winter olympics are followed closer than the summer olympics.
The easiest thing in the world is to second guess other peoples decisions and as previously stated, if the economy was as strong today as it was when the effort was set forth to procure the games, there would be a lot less opposition now.
Their coming,period.
The best thing any of us can do is accept that they are coming and try and focus on the positive side.
The city of Vancouver, Vancouver Island and the province of British Columbia has some of the prettiest and most scenic country in the world and the more exposure it gets, the more people will want to see it first hand !!
Every dollar that is generated by the olympics will be taxed. Maybe we would better serve to put our efforts into making sure these tax dollars go where they are most needed.
Imagine how much booze , cigarette , gas,hotel, restaurant etc, taxes alone will be generated from visitors not to mention the taxes on wages paid by all the additional staff that will be required by the hospitality industry. All the taxes end up in the provincial coffers for the benefit of the whole province. And that`s just the immediate benefits.
On another subject, did you know that more people are killed by coconuts than by sharks.
