Some people think that hosting an international sporting event is beneficial for a country, while others disagree. Do the advantages of hosting a major sporting event outweigh the disadvantages?
Merits
Helps promote sporting culture in the country
Putting the city and nation prominently on the global map that can bring in long terms benefits in terms of tourism and other travel
People - visitors also get a chance to mingle with locals and appreciate their customs.
Some assume that this also creates business and employment
Pitfalls
Extravagant spendings on these events leads to an endless debt which citizens must bear for years together
Invaluable real estate is tied permanently and cannot be used for other purpose
Maintenance of the facilities built for sports are rarely used by drain the country of resources
Cause great inconvenience to inhabitants of cities who have to face jams and restrictions during preparation and organization
Security threats
Even though hosting global sporting carnivals affords uncountable gains, this practice is fraught with pitfalls that are hard to overlook. It remains to be seen whether the former outstrip / overshadow the latter.
Undeniably, international games and championships such as Olympics, have proven their worth potential by helping promote sporting culture and healthy lifestyle among the host. Such competition, as per experts, acts as the fastest possible method of stimulating local populace, especially the youth and persuading them to embrace sports as a hobby or a career, or at least a healthy regime. For ins
tance, many countries in Asia, Africa and South America have been able to churn out outstanding sports practitioners after hosting transnational games. Similarly, the overall health index of these nations has registered a marked improvement.
Furthermore, the advantages reaped extend beyond the sporting arena: a country is able to put itself prominently on the global map as it offers opportunity to the global community to interact with its people, culture and ways of life, bringing in recognition and tourism in return. When fans follow their teams to the host societies, they mingle with locals and develop keenness to explore more, resulting in expansion of tourism.
Nevertheless, the critics are wary of such events; they considered these nothing more than squandering of invaluable financial and real estate resources. Where on one hand, the nation has to bear the colossal debt and burden citizens with extra taxes. On the other hand, the land used for constructing facilities becomes a waste as it is hard to reassign all other uses.
In hindsight, undoubtedly, there are some prominent shortcomings of organizing such international sports events, but nonetheless they are eclipsed by the gains such happenings bring, like promotion of healthy lifestyles and gaining global visibility.
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In contemporary times, when transnational sporting events have become ubiquitous, many have started debating over the significance of such organization. While some enumerate umpteen benefits, others are skeptical and point out the severe shortcomings of such these.
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