Many nations like to host international sporting events, but people are against it. Describe both views and give your own opinion

Many nations like to host international sporting events, but people are against it. Describe both views and give your own opinion

 

Ielts Essay - Sports Extravaganzas

International sporting carnivals have become a fad among the global community, and many big cities constantly vie for hosting these events, but there is a lobby that is vehemently criticizes such hosting attempts. Both cite several reasons to support their viewpoints.

Getting a chance of organizing games, like Olympics, not only helps a nation portray its image as being young and full of flair, to the outer world, but also stimulate interest among the locals towards sports. When a city is chosen for an edition of such large-scale festivals, its sports infrastructure gets a much required injection of critical funding and support. Such development helps inspire inhabitants of the host city, as well as country to participate actively in sports; thereby encouraging healthy lifestyles.

Moreover, getting an opportunity to be a venue of such global level carnivals helps stimulate activity in various sectors and areas of the local economy, tourism being most prominent of them all. When visitors from other parts of world arrive as followers of teams and spectators, they visit other parts of the city and the country. In the process, they make use of infrastructure and services; buy goods, etc. thereby leading to a spur in business and employment. 

However, the detractors of such occasions cite several reasons for their criticism. Cities acting as venues of such global level events tend to waste a lot of public money in useless extravaganza by way of spending immense amounts on first constructing and later maintaining facilities meant to host matches and games; resulting in huge public debt that takes long to repay back, thus taxing the governments and the people.

Henceforth, I believe criticism may be true to some extent, organizing global level games has several long-term benefits