create tourism travel environment. Chapter 1 Introduction Every four years athletes, coaches, officials, sponsors, media, and tourists gather in one city for the world’s most prominent mega-event, the Summer Olympics. Though many of the early Games were relative afterthoughts incorporated into the billing of the World’s Fair, the Modern Olympiad has since flourished into a global phenomenon that draws hundreds of millions of dollars in television contracts and billions in host nation spending…
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