distanceParis OlympicsThere are still more than five months left. If you want to be there in person and bet on the glamor of this global sports event, you may have to start making travel plans immediately because there are not many seats! What’s more important is that you have to dial the abacus.
Olympic websiteshowonly the most expensive tickets are left for the opening ceremony, which cost 2,700 euros (approximately NT$91,180).
▲ The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics will surely be spectacular: on the sparkling Seine River, the fleet will carry about 10,000 athletes to the Eiffel Tower, and nearly 500,000 spectators will cheer for this century event along the coast. (Source:Paris 2024）
Accommodation fees, bus tickets, and Louvre Museum fares all skyrocketed in Paris
The price of air tickets taking off and landing in Paris is rising rapidly; public transportation fares in Paris have also doubled; the Louvre, the most visited museum in the world and containing the Mona Lisa, will also start from the 15th of this month. It began to increase the ticket price from 17 euros to 22 euros, an increase of nearly 30%.
“Accommodation” is another big challenge. The New York Times reported that the prices of many hotels and rental apartments have increased to 2 or 3 times the traditional summer average price, approaching 1,000 euros per night, and some have even doubled.
The Paris Olympics, which will be held from July 26 to August 11, is expected to attract about 15 million tourists. Not only hoteliers want to grab the Olympic wealth, but many people who own real estate in Paris are planning to return to their hometowns in the countryside to live for a while, and then Rent out their rooms at high prices. “Business Insider” stated that the average housing price on Airbnb during the Olympics has exceeded 500 euros per night.
“It’s hard to say what a reasonable price is.” Cyrille Frémont, who owns two apartments in central Paris and usually charges 200 euros per night, said that during the Olympics, she plans to change to a per capita charge of 100 euros per person per night. euros, hoping to generate more than five figures in income, and emphasized that nearby hotels charge 950 euros per night.
Feel like a plate? It doesn’t matter, even the French think it’s expensive. Groups such as the French consumer association UFC-Que Choisir publicly condemned the high accommodation fees that would make it difficult for people to experience the beauty of the Olympics.
The French government stressed that it would not regulate prices but would step up inspections of hotels and apartment rentals. “French and international tourists must get value for their money,” said Olivia Grégoire, the official in charge of tourism.
▲ The famous landmark of Paris, the Arc de Triomphe, will welcome people from all over the world to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games. (Source:Paris 2024）
Ticket prices for the Paris Olympics are so high that even the families of the athletes have to take out loans to buy tickets.
Expensive ticket prices have also drawn criticism. Sebastian Coe, chairman of the organizing committee and president of World Athletics, who hosted the 2012 London Olympics, knows that Olympic organizers must strike a balance between investment and return, which is not an easy task. But he is also worried that too high ticket prices will prevent real game fans from entering the venue to support, leaving a lot of empty seats.
French judoka Amandine Buchard said her family had to take out a bank loan to have the opportunity to watch her compete. This goes against Tony Estanguet, the head of the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee, who said that viewing the Olympics should be fair and accessible.
But for sports policy expert David Roizen, in the moneyed world of modern sports, the so-called National Games have long since ceased to exist. The Olympics and World Cup are events reserved for the economic elite.
If you are still worrying about your budget and haven’t bought any tickets yet, you might want to try betting. Many experts said that as the Olympics approach, both hotels and organizers may release more reasonably priced options to fill the vacancies, but there are risks.
(Author: Wang Zhenyi; This article is published byBusiness weekly》Reprinted with permission; source of first picture:Paris 2024）
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2024-02-04 01:33:12
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