Tourism During the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games

In 2003, Vancouver won the host city of the 21st Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic Games in 2010. Global scale activities of this size have had a major economic and social impact on Canadian tourism industry and society as a whole. In this article we will look at these effects and highlight the positive and negative impact of the Olympic tourism industry on Vancouver. In order to clarify the purpose of concrete advertisement, we will first disassemble the promotional material of Vancouver Olympic Games. In addition, it will critically analyze the phenomenon and possible social problems of this magnitude tourism event using related sociologist theorists.

Formally known as Vancouver 2010, the 21st Olympic Winter Games, the 2010 Winter Olympics is officially known as the 21st Winter Olympics (French: Les XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and is an international winter sports event is. From 12th to 28th February 2010, an event was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in Whistler City, West Vancouver, Richmond and its surrounding suburbs. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 countries participated in 86 events in 15 areas. The Olympic and Paralympic Games are organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) led by John Furlong. The 2010 Winter Olympic Games is the first Olympic Games in British Columbia and the third Olympic Games held in Canada. Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, and the 1988 Winter Olympics held in Calgary, Alberta

In 2003, Vancouver won the host city of the 21st Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic Games in 2010. Global scale activities of this size have had a major economic and social impact on Canadian tourism industry and society as a whole. In this article we will look at these effects and highlight the positive and negative impact of the Olympic tourism industry on Vancouver. In order to clarify the purpose of concrete advertisement, we will first disassemble the promotional material of Vancouver Olympic Games. - Recent wave of Hong Kong immigrants to Vancouver This article focuses on the recent wave of Hong Kong immigration to Vancouver. The basis for this discussion is to first explain some background behind Canadian immigration policy and then discuss the history of Chinese immigrants in Vancouver. From these discussions it turned out that Canadian immigration policy was historically ethnocentric and did not begin to change until the late 1960s.

The host city in Canada was held three times in Montreal (summer 1976), Calgary (winter 1988), Vancouver (winter 2010). As with the Olympic Games, all three cities experienced glory and controversy during hosting work, but all these cities are still experiencing both outcomes in some way.