Russia's bid has been awarded the FIFA 2018 A Loss tourism host the UK?

February 2, 2011

Russia won the race and in 2018 hosted the FIFA World Cup and the tourism industry in Germany has its disappointment, as he had planned to tap their potential as a tourist target has awarded the contract to host the tournament International.

The optimal design of honor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has assured that the visa rules of FIFA in 2018 would be waived for all Russian foreign tourists with tickets to the game a.

The general perception in the United Kingdom,offer that was one of the strongest competitors in, is that the country the opportunity to host 2018 FIFA World Cup scattered according to a recent revelation of the British press (BBC and The Times) on cash for the scandal because of the vote FIFA executive members of which two were suspended and fined one.

But FIFA president Sepp Blatter said: "We're going to new countries," the statement, while announcing the World Cup 2018 hosts in Zurich, Switzerland last week.

Inall the rebellions, the non-UK seen as a blow to tourism. "The tourists would come to England ahead of the tournament's host cities and potential host cities have seen. Now these people are on the way elsewhere, may be far to Russia," Arunava Chaudhuri, a sports journalist, blogger and football consultant in Remscheid , Germany, said IBTimes.

According to the World Sport Destination Expo, sports tourism products and services, is hosting sport tourism is the fastestgrowing sector in the travel industry worldwide and is expected to grow exponentially over the next ten years.

The increase in July of this year's Expo in Johannesburg, South Africa, basking in sports tourism is probably the world's tourist arrivals by 14 percent by the end of 2010, when nation-states, the data showed significant variations.

After the Indian Ministry of Tourism, Commonwealth Games, which recently completed in India, the country with only 9 per cent increase of foreign touristsArrivals, which is much lower than expected.

In contrast, African Tourism, the national tourism agency has been a huge increase in the south of 17.4 per cent of tourist arrivals worldwide in the first eight months of the year following the 2010 FIFA World Cup held earlier This year in South Africa.

The differences in tourism between the two nations, international sporting events hosted fanfare of equal treatment may indicate that staged a World Cup is not the only factor inDrive attractions of a nation. Many travel experts say they overestimated the benefits of tourism from hosting sporting events are.

"We are all naturally disappointed that England failed in its argument in its bid to host the 2018 World Cup hosts. Despite this setback, the next ten years full of promise for sport in England," was James Berresford, director general of tourism body VisitBritain has said, quoted in the media.

While the arrival of foreign tourists decreased by 2 percent in the firstnine months of 2010, the next two years is certainly encouraging for the tourism in Germany. royal wedding of Prince William in 2011 and the 2012 Olympics in London and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in the same year, Britain to keep the international spotlight, "said Berresford.

"World Cup is an opportunity in a country profile, such as London, which must be done by the 2012 Olympic Games," said Chaudhuri.

In addition, a study conducted by VisitBritain, the national tourism agency of Great Britain, conducted in July this yearHe concluded that the contribution of tourism to the UK economy could grow by 60 percent by 2020. It seems that in the United Kingdom's 2018 FIFA World Cup is not really a big loss, "loss".