First of all, let's take the quadrennial Olympic Games as an example. The Olympic Games can be said to be one of the most influential sports events in the world. Every year, the Olympic Games will gather participating countries from all over the world. As for the expenses of athletes from participating countries, except the round-trip travel expenses, it is no accident that all athletes can stay in the athletes' village arranged by the organizer after arriving in the host city. Here, the organizer will be responsible for all the daily activities of athletes, but only the basic canteen, film reading hall, training hall and so on. Organizers like some private consumption behaviors will not pay the bill.
But for the athletes participating in the Olympic Games, the purpose of their gathering is very clear, that is, to stand on a higher stage and compete for the final championship trophy, so traveling in the Olympic Village is definitely not the primary goal. However, it is not excluded that athletes from some countries will experience local customs and buy some souvenirs to take back to China. Of course, this group mainly includes some national athletes who were eliminated early in the competition.
Of course, except for international competitions such as the Olympic Games, such as the World Cup, World Championships and Military Games, athletes basically do not need to pay in most places provided by the organizers, except for travel expenses. It is precisely because hosting a world-class competition requires a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources that hosting the Olympic Games has become a way for a country to show its strength to the outside world. After all, it is difficult to estimate the financial resources consumed by undertaking the daily life of tens of thousands of athletes and building professional equipment places. Therefore, in most countries hosting the Olympic Games, the final statistical economic income after the games is in a state of loss.
Here, the author takes Greece as an example. During the Olympic Games, Greece had to ask for help from other countries because of budget deviation, and finally spent 654.38+05 billion with a budget of 4.5 billion, which led to fluctuations in the entire national economy. In order to pay off debts as soon as possible, the state has to levy taxes on the people in advance. Even so, it took Greece ten years to pay off this sky-high debt.
It is precisely because of repeated losses that more and more countries are now avoiding becoming organizers of such events as the Olympic Games. Because of the high cost, it is difficult for any country to rely on world competitions to make profits.