I still remember that a lot of Korean were stamping and cheering on July 7 this year. When PyeongChang was chosen by the International Olympic Committee for 2018 Winter Olympics, our citizen shouted for joy, especially PyeongChang’s citizen. It was third time to bid for hosting Winter Olympics and finally they made it! Many people think that there are a lot of advantages of hosting Winter Olympics. But on the contrary, there are a lot of disadvantages of hosting Winter Olympics as well.
First of all, we will construct many stadiums and facilities for only the Olympic game by our taxes. Some people may say we can use it for a long time after the event ends. However, we can use most facilities only winter and also the cost of maintenance is really expensive. Also, the government said that they will construct a railroad from Incheon airport to PyongChang. It will also need a lot of cost for maintenance. If many people don’t use those facilities and the railroad after the event, we will have a big deficit every year. This means we should pay a lot of taxes over and over.
Thus, we need to set a plan after the event. For example, we can hold winter event every year in Pyeongchang and we should make PyeongChang to tourist attraction. We can hold many competitions that can be held all the year around like ice hockey, skating competition or curling. In addition, foreign visitors can stay at a cheap price because we have a lot of accommodations. If we advertise our service abroad in English, foreign visitor will come into our nation.
At first, I worried about hosting a winter Olympic because it needs a lot of money. But my mind is changed after I heard your presentation. We can expect direct and indirect advantages after we host winter Olympic and we can enjoy various winter sports such as a bobsleigh.
답글삭제I really want to ride a bobsleigh!
I really agree with your opinion.
답글삭제We need to think about a plan after event.
For example, After 2002 World cup, the world cup stadiums in our county are used for playing K-league or A-match. But a use of the stadiums in region except capital area is very low. Huge maintenance cost of the stadiums is spent by tax.
So, we need to think about a plan after event.