The Impact of Tourism Development on Greenwich Community in the Post-Olympic Games Era

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact from tourism development on the Greenwich community in the Post-Olympic Games era, as such the social, environmental and economic impact on local community in the Post-Olympic Games era. The paper was developed first review pre-existing literature on tourism, Olympic tourism, mega-event tourism, sustainable tourism and past academic research on the impacts from tourism. By using convenient and judgmental sampling technique, the data was collected from 100 respondents and analyzed using descriptive statisctics. Importantly, the results revealed that stakeholders would like to see more inward investment from the private sector to capitalize on the modernization and infrastructure improvements that have taken place in the area. Local businesses would like more foreign tourists to visit Greenwich in particular, rather than Central London. The local community remains supportive of tourism development, but do urgently seek a strategy implementation that can improve their standards of living and make the most of the Olympic infrastructure for the forthcoming.