Olympic Tourism And The Beijing Olympic Summer Games 2008
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Olympic Tourism And The Beijing Olympic Summer Games 2008
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Author : Juliane Banner
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2007-06-10
Olympic Tourism And The Beijing Olympic Summer Games 2008 written by Juliane Banner and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-10 with Travel categories.
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Tourism - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,3, Stralsund University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: Die Planung, Organisation und Beschaffung von Reisepaketen zu Olympischen Spiele stellen enorme Herausforderungen an einen Reiseveranstalter und unterliegen einer Vielzahl von Einflussfaktoren. Diese ergeben sich zum einen aus den Forderungen, die von den Organisatoren der Olympischen Spiele ausgehen, zum anderen aus den Charakteristika der Ausrichterstadt sowie seinem politischen, wirtschaftlichen und soziokulturellen Umfeld. Die Thesis analysiert die wichtigsten Einflussfaktoren, die sich auf die Produktentwicklung einer Reise zu den Olympischen Spielen auswirken. Während einige dieser Faktoren sich bei allen Olympischen Spielen ähnlich darstellen, verändern sich andere maßgeblich mit dem wechselnden Austragungsort und stellen völlig neue Anforderungen an den Reiseveranstalter. Der erste Teil der Thesis untersucht, wie sich die Einflussfaktoren generell auf die Produktentwicklung von Eintrittskarten, Unterkunft, Transport und Sightseeing auswirken. Zudem werden die Charakteristika des olympischen Reiseveranstaltermarktes in Europa und die verschiedenen Arten von Olympiatouristen analysiert. Diese Erkenntnisse werden im zweiten Teil auf das Beispiel der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2008 in Peking angewendet. Diese sind nicht nur für China eine Herausforderung, der gesamten Welt zu zeigen, dass sich das Land zu einer leistungsfähigen Nation entwickelt hat, sondern auch für europäische Reiseveranstalter, die ihre Arbeit und Vorgehensweise an die chinesischen Marktbedingungen anpassen müssen. Aufgrund der bedeutenden Unterschiede zwischen dem chinesischen und europäischen Wirtschafts- und Politiksystem sowie zwischen deren Kulturen und Werten wird angenommen, dass die touristische Produktentwicklung für die Olympischen Spiele 2008 in Peking sehr spezielle und besonders herausfordernde Anforderungen an einen europäischen Reiseveranstalter stellt. Mit Hilfe der Ergebnisse aus einer Umfrage unter allen offiziellen Olympiareiseveranstaltern im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum sowie Interviews mit dem Organisationskomitee (BOCOG) in Peking wird aufgezeigt, wie die Reiseveranstalter auf die Besonderheiten, Herausforderungen und Schwierigkeiten, die während des Prozesses der Produktentwicklung in Peking entstehen, reagieren und welche Lösungen sie finden, um schließlich ein erfolgreiches Produkt zu entwickeln. Die Thesis gibt einen Einblick in die Besonderheiten der chinesischen Tourismusindustrie und präsentiert die aktuelle Hotelmarktsituation in Peking.
Tourism At The Olympic Games
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Author : Mike Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-02
Tourism At The Olympic Games written by Mike Robinson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Going far beyond being just a mega sport event, the Olympic Games are, and have been in the past, important settings for tourism and cultural change. Hosting the Olympic Games presents a unique opportunity for countries to promote, regenerate, and develop cities and regions, and to firmly locate them within an increasingly competitive global tourism marketplace. From Athens to Rio de Janeiro, Olympic landmark buildings, ‘districts’, and ‘parks’ have permanently transformed cities and regions, and gained tremendous material and symbolic value as tourist attractions. On another level, the Olympic Games produce a kaleidoscopic range of intangible and quasi-religious engagements with place and spectacle. They have a tremendous impact on the image of the host country, while invoking collective memories and touching on emotions such as suspense, compassion, togetherness, and pride. Tourism has also become a major watchword in ongoing debates on the ‘legacy’ of the Olympic Games, and it deeply penetrates discourses on social justice and cultural change on a local, national and global scale. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change.
Socio Economic Impacts Of Beijing 2008
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Author : Jannis Mossmann
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2007-05-05
Socio Economic Impacts Of Beijing 2008 written by Jannis Mossmann and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-05 with Political Science categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - Other International Politics Topics, grade: 58, Stellenbosch Universitiy, course: Political Economy of China, language: English, abstract: The next Olympic Games in Beijing 2008 are a major interest of the Chinese leadership. By 2008, China aims to have spent $35 billion on the games (“Beijing’s Olympic”, 2007), dwarfing the $8.7 billion spent by Greece. The Economist (2007) has calculated that this amount makes up more than 43 percent of the total for all the games, including Beijing, since Montreal’s in 1976. The summer Olympics shall crown 30 years of successful economic reform. They will symbolize the outside world that China is on its way to reach world power status. The symbolic character to hold the world’s biggest event seems to overshadow other impacts such an event can have (Owen, 2005). But, Uu Jingmin, vice chairman of the Beijing 2008 organizing committee, believes that the Olympics will contribute not only to economic development, it will bring also social progress for the whole country (in Hua, 2004). The Organization committee has proclaimed three major topics: the People's Olympics, the High-Tech Olympics, and the Green Olympics (Hua, 2004). But, it is highly controversial, if mega events are at the end economically and social beneficial for a venue city or not. The output of Olympic Games is “incalculable, or, if calculable best considered as estimates only” (Hiller, 1998). At some points, the Olympics in Beijing can even lead to economic or social damage. To draw a conclusion about the whole range of impacts of global sports-events is difficult because of a lack of available data. Furthermore, China as a whole is still a developing country and faces massive socio-economic challenges. The impact of the Olympic Games will be small in regard to China’s general socio-economic challenges facing Chinese leadership in the twentyfirst century. A final conclusion, how useful the Olympic Games will be outside the arena, especially in the long term, can be only drawn, when the games are already over. Anyway, this work shall clarify which impacts the Olympic Summer Games can have on China’s social and economic challenges. Therefore, I split the essay in two parts. The first part will deal with economic impacts and implications resulting from Beijing’s successful bid for the Summer Games. The second part describes social aspects of the Summer Olympics in Beijing. I try to describe not only the impacts on the challenges for China. The Chinese capital as venue deserved attention as well.
Socio Economic Impacts Of Beijing 2008
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Author : Jannis Mossmann
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2009-07
Socio Economic Impacts Of Beijing 2008 written by Jannis Mossmann and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07 with categories.
A critical analysis of the potential impact and implications the 2008 Olympics will have on the socio-economic challenges the Chinese leadership face in the twenty-first century.
Hosting The Olympic Games
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Author : Marie Delaplace
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-08-13
Hosting The Olympic Games written by Marie Delaplace and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-13 with Business & Economics categories.
Hosting the Olympic Games: Uncertainty, Debates and Controversy provides a broad and comprehensive analysis of past Olympic and Paralympic events, shedding critical light on the future of the Games with a specific look at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics. It draws attention to the debates and paradox that hosting the Games presents for the contemporary city. Employing a range of interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological approaches, individual chapters highlight the various controversies of the Games throughout the bidding process, the event itself and its aftermath. Social Science-based chapters place strong emphasis on the vital importance of sustainable strategy for contemporary host cities. Along with environmental concerns whether atmospheric, microbiological or otherwise, many other requirements, costs and risks involving security and public expenditure among others are explored throughout the book. Including a variety of international and comparative case studies from a range of contributing academics, this will be essential reading for students and researchers in the field of Event studies as well as various disciplines including Tourism, Heritage studies and Urban and Environmental studies.
Beijing S Games
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Author : Susan Brownell
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2008
Beijing S Games written by Susan Brownell and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Political Science categories.
Why is hosting the Olympic Games so important to China? What is the significance of a quintessential symbol of Western civilization taking place in the heart of the Far East? Will the Olympics change China, or will China change the Olympics? Susan Brownell sets the historical and cultural contexts for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games by placing it within the context of China's hundred-year engagement with the Olympic movement to illuminate what the Games mean to China and what the Beijing Olympic Games will mean for China's relationship with the outside world. Brownell's deeply informed analysis ranges from nineteenth-century orientalism to Cold War politics and post-Cold War "China bashing." Drawing on her more than two decades of engagement in Chinese sports, the author presents evocative stories and first-person accounts to paint a human picture of the passion that many Chinese people feel for the Olympic Games. It will also be essential reading for journalists and sports enthusiasts who want to understand the fascinating story behind the Beijing Olympics.
Owning The Olympics
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Author : Monroe Price
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2009-12-10
Owning The Olympics written by Monroe Price and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-10 with History categories.
"A major contribution to the study of global events in times of global media. Owning the Olympics tests the possibilities and limits of the concept of 'media events' by analyzing the mega-event of the information age: the Beijing Olympics. . . . A good read from cover to cover." —Guobin Yang, Associate Professor, Asian/Middle Eastern Cultures & Sociology, Barnard College, Columbia University From the moment they were announced, the Beijing Games were a major media event and the focus of intense scrutiny and speculation. In contrast to earlier such events, however, the Beijing Games are also unfolding in a newly volatile global media environment that is no longer monopolized by broadcast media. The dramatic expansion of media outlets and the growth of mobile communications technology have changed the nature of media events, making it significantly more difficult to regulate them or control their meaning. This volatility is reflected in the multiple, well-publicized controversies characterizing the run-up to Beijing 2008. According to many Western commentators, the People's Republic of China seized the Olympics as an opportunity to reinvent itself as the "New China"---a global leader in economics, technology, and environmental issues, with an improving human-rights record. But China's maneuverings have also been hotly contested by diverse global voices, including prominent human-rights advocates, all seeking to displace the official story of the Games. Bringing together a distinguished group of scholars from Chinese studies, human rights, media studies, law, and other fields, Owning the Olympics reveals how multiple entities---including the Chinese Communist Party itself---seek to influence and control the narratives through which the Beijing Games will be understood. digitalculturebooks is an imprint of the University of Michigan Press and the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library dedicated to publishing innovative and accessible work exploring new media and their impact on society, culture, and scholarly communication. Visit the website at www.digitalculture.org.
Tourism At The Olympic Games
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Author : Mike Robinson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-10-02
Tourism At The Olympic Games written by Mike Robinson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Going far beyond being just a mega sport event, the Olympic Games are, and have been in the past, important settings for tourism and cultural change. Hosting the Olympic Games presents a unique opportunity for countries to promote, regenerate, and develop cities and regions, and to firmly locate them within an increasingly competitive global tourism marketplace. From Athens to Rio de Janeiro, Olympic landmark buildings, ‘districts’, and ‘parks’ have permanently transformed cities and regions, and gained tremendous material and symbolic value as tourist attractions. On another level, the Olympic Games produce a kaleidoscopic range of intangible and quasi-religious engagements with place and spectacle. They have a tremendous impact on the image of the host country, while invoking collective memories and touching on emotions such as suspense, compassion, togetherness, and pride. Tourism has also become a major watchword in ongoing debates on the ‘legacy’ of the Olympic Games, and it deeply penetrates discourses on social justice and cultural change on a local, national and global scale. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change.
Mega Events And Urban Image Construction
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Author : Anne-Marie Broudehoux
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-02-17
Mega Events And Urban Image Construction written by Anne-Marie Broudehoux and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-17 with Business & Economics categories.
While societies shape the way their cities look and are represented, urban images, in turn, nurture and structure social relations in multiple ways. Nowhere is this dialectical relationship between social processes and urban representations more visible than in the hosting of global spectacles such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, which both embody some of society’s deepest dreams and desires. The focus of this book is the image of cities. It is not only interested in the mechanisms of urban image construction but also in the politics of such a phenomenon, especially its social impacts in terms of representation and right to the city. The book investigates the complex power relationships that underscore the production of the urban landscape and the construction and diffusion of urban images, especially in the context of urban mega-events. It uses the notion of urban image construction as a lens through which to examine the mega-event spectacle, with chapters exploring the physical, social and political dimensions of the imagineering process as well as emerging resistance to controversial initiatives. Through an analysis of event-related urban construction efforts in Rio de Janeiro and Beijing, this book examines the effects of mega-events upon the construction of an exclusive vision of urbanity. It demonstrates how mega-events are increasingly utilized by local political and economic elites to reconfigure power relations, strengthen their hold upon the urban territory and exclude vulnerable population groups. The book thus offers a critical analysis of the practice of urban image construction, and will be of interest to those working in geography, urban studies, tourism, sport studies, development studies and politics.
Documenting The Beijing Olympics
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Author : D.P. Martinez
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-18
Documenting The Beijing Olympics written by D.P. Martinez and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-18 with Social Science categories.
This book focuses on the processes of documenting the Beijing Olympics – ranging from the visual (television and film) to radio and the written word – and the meanings generated by such representations. What were the ‘key’ stories and how were they chosen? What was dramatised? Who were the heroes? Which ‘clashes’ were highlighted and how? What sorts of stories did the notion of ‘human interest’ generate? Did politics take a backseat or was the topic highlighted repeatedly? Thus, the focus was not on the success or failure of this event, but on the ways in which the Olympics Games, as international and historic events, are memorialised by observers. The key question that this book addresses is: How far would the Olympic coverage fall into the patterns of representation that have come to dominate Olympic reporting and what would China, as a discursive subject, bring to these patterns? This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society.