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The Olympics is creating a “ghost town” effect in central London as visitors who would normally flock to the capital’s shops, hotels and theaters stay away, casting doubt on expectations of a short-term economic boost from the games.
The games have attracted as many as 100,000 foreign visitors to London – more than in previous Olympics. But, on its own, that number significantly lags behind the estimated 300,000 foreign tourists who could be expected in a typical year.
Suffering a net profits loss was one of the reasons some people in Chicago did not want the Olympics there.
The Olympics is creating a “ghost town” effect in central London as visitors who would normally flock to the capital’s shops, hotels and theaters stay away, casting doubt on expectations of a short-term economic boost from the games.
The games have attracted as many as 100,000 foreign visitors to London – more than in previous Olympics. But, on its own, that number significantly lags behind the estimated 300,000 foreign tourists who could be expected in a typical year.
Suffering a net profits loss was one of the reasons some people in Chicago did not want the Olympics there.
This makes no sense to me...if London typically gets 300,000 visitors in a year...wouldn't 100,000 over the course of 4 days be good?
I have heard from a cousin of mine in London that the Olympics is causing major traffic and transportation problems for Londoners. So perhaps that is also effecting business negatively in the rest of London (outside the Olympic venues).
I don't know where the 300,000 foreign visitors came from, considering London is the most visited city in the world and gets far far more than 300,000 foreign visitors per year (16.9 million)!
The Olympics is creating a “ghost town” effect in central London as visitors who would normally flock to the capital’s shops, hotels and theaters stay away, casting doubt on expectations of a short-term economic boost from the games.
Suffering a net profits loss was one of the reasons some people in Chicago did not want the Olympics there.
Paris is by far the world's most popular destination for tourists actually but overall I think London is better. Good time to visit actually because navigating the busy streets of London even during a drizzly Monday morning can be quite a testing experience if you have very little patience.
This makes no sense to me...if London typically gets 300,000 visitors in a year...wouldn't 100,000 over the course of 4 days be good?
London typicall gets 300,000 visitors over the same two week period they're now getting 100,000 olympic visitors. London gets millions and millions of visitors a year.
I know that the Europeans normally get the month of august off as their annual vacation time away from work, and that as many people as possible were trying to leave London who live there. Couple that with those who aren't going to be scheduling vacations there because of the olympics and I can certainly see how it would be fairly quiet in the city.
I heard the transport networks were very clear of people and the city is amazingly absent of any congestion. They were interviewing workers in London who were glowing at how easy their commutes were yesterday.
It's like Chicago with the NATO protests. The city said it might be a mess and people should think about working at home on Monday. Turned out something like 400,000 employees stayed home from work on that Monday and the climate downtown was very quiet except for all the tourists and visitors. I went to work and it was so quiet in the west loop. You could walk around at 2pm and the sidewalks were really easy to navigate. It was like a Saturday.
I had to go into central London on the Tube today in morning rush-hour (past two Olympic venues) fearing the worst yet even got a seat! This is peak holiday season for British people going abroad and I noticed last year how much quieter the commuter trains were in late July/August.
My handy calculator indicates London has over 400,000 visitors a day (16 million/365) in a regular year. Perhaps the 100 k Olympic tourists are staying nearer the East End than their normal downtown haunts.
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This is peak holiday season for British people going abroad and I noticed last year how much quieter the commuter trains were in late July/August.
