What is the impact of the epidemic on the Tokyo Olympic Games?

This Tokyo Olympic Games can be said to be the most embarrassing and deserted one in history, and it is also the Olympic Games with the loudest opposition.

But even so, despite strong domestic opposition, Japan forcibly held this Olympic Games in such a grim situation. The Tokyo Olympics was postponed last year because of the outbreak of the epidemic, and then it was forced to be held this year with a curse. So what kind of impact did the epidemic have on the Tokyo Olympic Games?

The first Olympic Games was held in the open air?

As early as July of 12, Tokyo, Japan once again entered an epidemic prevention emergency, but there is still a trend of continuous growth. From July to August 22nd of 12, that is, during the whole Olympic Games, Tokyo was in an epidemic emergency, which was the fourth time that Tokyo entered an emergency due to the COVID-19 epidemic. After the news was announced, the Japanese government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Games held five-party talks in Tokyo, announcing that all Olympic venues in Tokyo would be held empty.

At present, in addition to Tokyo, the competition venues in Hokkaido and Fukushima Prefecture will also be held in the open air. At present, only bicycles and football allow spectators to watch the game live. In other words, at present, more than 97% of Japan's competitions will be held in empty venues, and athletes will have to face empty competition venues and become the most deserted Olympic Games in history.

However, the Japanese side also racked its brains for this and came up with a way. Japan will broadcast the cheers of previous Olympic Games on the spot of this Olympic Games to encourage the athletes present and create a warm atmosphere for TV viewers.

This practice in Japan is also a perfect interpretation of "as long as I am not embarrassed, others can only be embarrassed."

The most catastrophic Olympic Games?

Before this, hosting the Olympic Games in other countries, a large part of it can bring huge economic effects and increase international reputation. However, since the Tokyo Olympic Games was held during the epidemic, its economic effect will be greatly reduced.

The economic effects brought by the Olympic Games can usually be divided into three parts: ticket income, broadcast income and tourism income brought by the economic effects of the Olympic Games.

Ticket revenue It is estimated that the ticket revenue of this Olympic Games will reach 90 billion yen (about 5.3 billion yuan). However, since 97% of the games are held empty, the ticket revenue is definitely not much.

Broadcasting income Due to the epidemic, everyone's travel has decreased, so the broadcasting income of the Tokyo Olympic Games is expected to be higher than in previous years.

The economic effect of Olympic tourism revenue Because Tokyo is in an epidemic emergency, the flow of people is greatly reduced, and global travel is also reduced, so tourism revenue will lose money, which almost offsets the broadcast revenue.

Has the quality of the Olympic Games decreased?

Japan's epidemic prevention measures are simply full of mistakes. Since athletes from all over the world began to live in the Olympic Village, Japan's epidemic prevention measures have been criticized. On July 17, COVID-19 was diagnosed by a person in the Olympic Village, but the Olympic Organizing Committee claimed that he was not a contestant. On July 18, BOCOG had to announce that two athletes were positive for COVID-19 virus. Such collapsed epidemic prevention measures, how to ensure the authenticity and quality of athletes' participation, also caused some athletes to "passively" give up their qualifications.

The Olympic Games is the embodiment of the country's strength and soft power, not the stadium where Japan used the epidemic as an excuse to run around and poison athletes from other countries. I hope Japan can take epidemic prevention and control seriously and not let its own country be looked down upon or reviled by its own citizens.