| London Olympics
Books will provide background information. Use a keyword search to browse the catalogue
if you do not know any specific title or author.
Examples of Keyword Searching: http://catalogue.londonmet.ac.uk
Using AND combines your search terms or two different concepts. It narrows a search.
Olympics and politics
Try: Olympics and organisation
Olympics and planning
Olympics and bid
Using OR will pick up slightly different ways of expressing the concept. It will broaden a search.
Olympics or Olympic games
Festivals or events
Journal Articles
- De Groote, Peter, 2005. Economic and Tourism Aspects of the Olympic games.
Tourism Review , Volume 60 Issue 1, pages 12-19.
- Faulkner, B et al. 2000. Monitoring the tourism impacts of the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Event Management, Vol 6, No 4, pp231-246.
Newspapers articles online: Use Nexis UK newspaper database.
- Guardian : "Tourist industry gives stark warning over London Olympics", Jan 3, 2007.
- Guardian "Special Report: Olympics 2012".
- The Times Newspaper.
Website for Local papers in London : www.thisislondon.co.uk/olympics2012
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/search/index.php
Search using keywords London Olympics.
Choose to search by BETTER MATCHES, as it will find relevant articles. The results are not in date order.
Organisations involved in the Olympic Games
International
- Official Website of the Olympic Movement IOC. : www.olympic.org
Find details of the most recent games in Sydney, Greece and plans in Beijing etc.
UK Organisations
UK Tourist Organisations
- Visit Britain: www.visitbritain.org -- corporate section
Under section called Strategies and Policies has a report on
" London 2012, Olympic Games and Paralympic Games: Tourism opportunities of the Olympic games".
http://www.visitbritain.com. Search the site for events
http://www.tourismtrade.org.uk/default.asp
Go to "The 2012 Olympic Games" section. Links to London 2012 documents.
Look at the press centre pages as well.
- Tourism South East : http://www.industry.visitsoutheastengland.com/
Click on icon on right hand side called London 2012.
Contains London 2012 Tourism Consultation Response report on pdf.
Other headings under London 2012 should be of interest.
- Tourism Alliance : www.tourismalliance.com
The Tourism Alliance seeks to establish and maintain a favourable operating environment for all businesses involved in the delivery of tourism, particularly in England.
- Trends and Statistics Report : This new Tourism Alliance gatefold publication highlights the size and scale of the UK's tourism industry. It also provides useful facts on the economic, employment, governmental and social benefits that the industry generates for the UK.
Government Departments.
London Local Government
Local Councils - East London
Other Councils
Development Agencies
Europe
- European Tour Operators Association : http://www.etoa.org/
Press Release July 06 " The Olympics Will Not Benefit UK Tourism"
Press Release October 2006, "The Olympics Tourism Bonanza" written 25/10/06
Statistics on Employment/Labour Markets
UK National Statistics Office: www.statistics.gov.uk
or search the library catalogue. Find information on Population, employment, economy.
There is a report produced every 3 years called "Focus on London". It provides local statistics, such as employment, economy, population statistics for each London area. The latest one is 2003. Search the catalogue to find our reference copy or use the statistics website.
Images and Impressions
- www.london2012.org Olympic Delivery Authority details on Preparation, transports plans and other information. http://www.london2012.com/.
See ODA and Transport Plans Documents.
http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
http://regions.london-2012.co.uk
- BBC News website : www.bbc.oc.uk
Search for Olympics or Olympic games.
- Olympics Studies Centre : http://www.blues.uab.es/.
See Olympic Studies section.
- The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) www.wttc.org is the forum for global business leaders comprising the presidents, chairs and CEOs of 100 of the world's foremost companies. It is the only body representing the private sector in all parts of the Travel & Tourism industry worldwide.
Find under Blueprint for new tourism some case studies.
TSA -Research incl World Report, Regional Reports and League tables called "The 2006 Travel and tourism Economic Research. Has some information on how Events impact on the Tourism Industry.
See also section called Media and Resource Centre.
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