KINE 4020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Canadian Identity, Glove, Commodification
22 Feb 2016
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Offseason: little job demand and decrease in employment. High season: increase in employment and volunteerism rate. Sense of community pride with successful teams. Focus on sport tourism for community created economical benefits for citizens. Improve social support (volunteering: vancouver pre-olympic games. 70% favoured olympics in 2009: vancouver post olympics. 86% believe that the games had a positive effect on. Increase of tourism in city, the city created their own culture surrounding the event. Yorkshire festival (art, theatre, film, and music) Development of existing infrastructure: residents benefit rom maintenance of public facilities to ensure facilities are held at a high standard for sport tourism. November 16: increased entertainment and economic benefits for host, ex. Sea to sky highway; locals use highway to get to mountain. Canada line to get from airport into city. Vancouver convention centre large, modern conference tops centre. Increase in national and regional identities: red mitten effect.
