Hosting the Olympics brings disadvantages by Jetanat

The cheers of the audience echoed in the stadium. Soaked with sweat, the competitors tried to perform their best to bring pride and fame back to their countries. The recent Olympics has been an issue of many conversations for a long time after the event. Undoubtedly, the Youth Olympics makes the host country famous and well-known, but there is a question of whether it is beneficial for Singapore to host the event.

After hosting the Youth Olympics, Singapore will have good reputation since millions of people around the world will watch it and know more about Singapore. Consequently, Singapore will become well-known and attractive, and thus become a tourist destination. Together with international investment and advertisement sponsorship, it will lead to the rise in economy. For instance, China, after hosting the Olympics, quickly developed and become prosperous and wealthy. Nonetheless, there are still many concerns. As usual, an immense event like the Olympics will lead to national betting. Moreover, in order to win the gamble, it may lead to doping, match fixing, and even hurting the opponents. As a result, there will be a great loss in reputation, and even players might be affected. Comparing with what will be gained, the loss will be baneful.

As happened in many host countries, there will be rivalry among radio and TV stations in order to broadcast the event. Furthermore, the stations which are not offered with the rights to broadcast will be dissatisfied and, accordingly, Singapore may lose a large number of advertisement sponsors. Besides, since the competitors are young, they can easily be displeased, leading to the fight among them, or even among the audience. In the worst case, it will cause a national conflict like, for example, between Taiwan and China.

All in all, the Youth Olympics may be beneficial, but there are many serious consequences which need to be addressed. Singapore should have better security during such international events such as surveillance tvs and guards.