Venues for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

During the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, events will take place at a variety of venues both across London and outside London.

Some of London's most iconic venues, such as Horse Guards Parade, Wimbledon, Wembley Stadium, Lords, Regent's Park and Hyde Park will have the honour of being turned into host venues for the London 2012 Games.

In addition, London will have some fantastic new sporting venues for the Games: the VeloPark, Aquatics Centre, Basketball Arena, and of course, the Olympic Stadium. Keep an eye on our news section for regular updates on these exciting new venues.

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Olympic Games gearing up with London Cultural Olympiad 2012

EVERYONE KNOWS that the Olympic Games are scheduled to start from 27 July and end on 12 August 2012. Let’s not talk about the Games for now, which are going to be of topmost quality, no doubt. Hence, let us focus on things that would be considered to be very important for the people of England. Here, London Cultural Olympiad 2012 would take the centre stage. It would be showcasing the traditions, cultures and arts in various forms during the event.

It is one of the largest cultural celebration as far as the modern Olympic and Paralympics are concerned, as stated in the official website of the London Olympic Games, 2012, london2012.com. Hence, the event is surely going to be a huge one, where people from all over the world would be able to witness their culture. It could be a big trailer for what is to come during the mega event, London Olympics, 2012.

 Hence, the Olympiad would be giving a chance for each and everyone to become a part of this mega festival. The festival has been taking place since the year 2008. Around 16 million people from the UK have taken part in it, where 8,300 workshops also have been conducted so as to make the festival a grand one, as stated in the official website of the Games. It has become a great hit among the masses and is expected to find more success in the upcoming days.

For those people who would love to be a part of this festival, they still have some major events that they can watch. These events can be found in different categories, such as arts, culture, music, dance, opera, literary event etc. So, one could choose according to his liking. Some events that are lined up in the coming days or months, as 100 portraits by Lucian Freud would be on display from 9 February 2012 to 27 May 2012. London's British Museum would also showcase the world and works of William Shakespeare 19 July 2012 to 25 November 2012.

Another mega event would be the Big Dance 2012 across various venues in London, which would entertain everyone. Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012 would go on from 23 June 2012 to 24 June 2012, which might be one of the biggest free music festivals in London, as per the information on a website, visitlondon.com. Not all of these events could be watched free of charge, but there are also some events which are free.

So, London is gearing up for the games with such kind of activities. Tourists travelling across the length and the breadth of the globe would be expecting the Games to be of even higher standards.

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Olympic Games to hit tourism industry

PEOPLE INVOLVED with the tourism industry would suffer heavy losses due to the London Olympic Games, 2012, which are scheduled to start on 27 July and end on 12 August 2012. One trade association also feels that during the time, income would be dropping down to 3.5 billion pounds, as reported by ANI. This would probably happen as the organisers of the games have increased the hotel rates.

If this indeed happens, it would seriously be a great setback for the hoteliers as they have been looking up to the games, which was supposed to provide them with lots of revenues. They had even been trying to provide the best of facilities for the tourists. But, what is the use if there is no tourist inflow into their hotels.

It was also expected that the revenue earned form the Tourism industry would cover up for the losses that were suffered by the LOCOG, during or before the games. All their hopes also have been dashed.  It was so foolish of the LOCOG to book more than what was required. The Independent reports that 600,000 nights had been booked by them for the mega spectacle for various media, sponsors, delegates, etc. But, they have now returned 120,000 of those bookings. With just a few months away, it could have been better if they had given this information before hand, so as to give the hotelier’s time to recover their losses and hire these rooms to other tourists.

It may be a case, where ‘one man’s loss is another’s gain’, as tourists may head to other cities so as to get an affordable accommodation. The Independent also states that the hotel rates have gone up three times and around one million beds would be empty during the games.

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