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(L-r) Raymond Chan, Tourism BC's Vice President of 2010 and Corporate Relations; Rod Harris, CEO, Tourism BC; Jacques Rogge, President, International Olympic Committee; Barrett Fisher, President of Tourism Whistler; Rick Antonson, President of Tourism Vancouver; and John Furlong, CEO of VANOC.
BC's tourism leaders took the opportunity to tell IOC President Jacques Rogge, during his second official visit to Canada for the 2010 Games, that the entire industry is ready to deliver on its promise to create a world class experience for visitors and athletes. The IOC has given British Columbia and Canada top marks for its coordinated approach to tourism planning before, as well as during and long after the games are over.
Quick Facts about the 2010 Winter Games
17 days of Olympic Games events: February 12 – 28, 2010
10 days of Paralympic Games events: March 12 – 21, 2010
- Number of Olympic athletes and officials: 5,500 (projected)
- Number of Paralympic athletes and officials: 1,350 (projected)
- Number of media: 10,000
- Estimated worldwide television audience: 3 billion
- Number of event tickets: 1.8 million
- Number of volunteers: 25,000
- Number of countries participating in Olympics: 80+
- Number of countries participating in Paralympics: 40+
- Number of kilometre covered by Olympic Torch Relay: 25,000
- Number of torch bearers: 12,000
- Number of dollars in wages generated by Olympics between 2002-2015 according to a BC government study: $1.9 billion
- Number of person-years of employment between 2002-2015 according to BC government study: 55,000
- Number of dollars estimated to be spent on venue and facility construction, operating the games and infrastructure upgrades: $2.88 billion
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