Jeremy Hunt told: don’t pretend London 2012 Olympics helped tourism
After the party – the hangover begins to settle in.
I often think of this year as being characterised by a national policy of bread and circuses to divert us all from the increasing gap between the metaphorical pound notes in our bags and purses. In what is a bit of a small town theme this week it is interesting to ask you (please reply) what the Olympics did economically for your nearest small business? Are the views reported in this article common to your place?
“Small businesses have responded furiously to claims by the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, that the Olympics were “a very good period” for tourism.
Travel organisations and shopkeepers around London and many working in tourism outside the capital described the period of the Games as one of their worst and questioned how easy it would be for many small firms to recover.”