Maximizing the tourism benefits from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games




  

Hugely popular BC Street at the Richmond O Zone drew crowds and media at Games.

Tourism Minister Kevin Krueger pays a visit to BC Street during the 2010 Winter Games. The success of BC Street, an interactive pavilion at the Richmond O-Zone, yielded important media coverage and introduced thousands of potential visitors to the best of B.C. from regions such as the Kootenays, Cariboo, Okanagan and Vancouver, Coast and Mountains and from towns like Sooke, Tofino and Comox on Vancouver Island.


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: 15,000
  • 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
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