A very contradictary view to mine

http://warmandloving.blogspot.com/2011/04/rwc-2011-will-be-financial-disaster-for.html
A gentleman by the name of Paul has expressed his strong opinions that the RWC2011 will be a financial disaster for NZ in his blog.

His main concern is that there are better ways of promoting NZ than the $500-900 million we have spent on hosting the tournament. He also believes that the so called "tourist" that come to NZ are not here to enjoy our envionment and culture, which are things we are proud of as a country and have worked hard to promote.

I can see where he is coming from. However I still believe that hosting the RWC is possibly the best way to give a boost to the NZ economy. What i can say however is that the government has not been making the best of the opportuntity to invest for the future (i've discussed this issue in my earlier blog "an opportunity lost").

He does make a good point though, that "if this was any other sport but rugby there would be a national enquiry into the financial (aspect of the event)".

P.S. i've read another blog of this person http://warmandloving.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html 
He said that for every tourist who come during the event, you can expect another avoiding visiting the country during the tournament. I think he has a point here also