Economia
Jogos sem visitas
Imagine que são os Jogos Olímpicos e ninguém aparece
Olympics would earn billions, we were told. Some hope!
By Alex Brummer
"... It took just 72 hours after the Olympics began
for it to become clear that a calamitous error had been made and that London had
turned into a ghost city.
The truth is that the much-trumpeted economic
boost from the Olympics seems to be a mirage. How different the reality is from
Tony Blair’s bombastic declaration in 2005 that this would be ‘a once-in-an-era
opportunity for British tourism’.... "
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181828/London-2012-Olympics-earn-billions-told-Some-hope.html#ixzz22LQA1PJf
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