Assignment Task: Stakeholders research for an Olympic bid
You are going to take on the persona of one of the stakeholders listed below. Once you have made your choice, start research what that stakeholder would think of the proposal. This may require that you research what has happened in similar locations in the past, and/or learn more specific information about the Lake Louise area.
Stakeholder groups:
- Marketing firm bidding for a contract
- Booking services for tourist activities
- Tour promoters
- Housekeeping personnel
- Landscaping company
- Bartenders/waiters
- Developer/construction company
- Local residents
- Environmental activists
- Mayor
- Park rangers in the National Park
- Local shop owners
- Ecotourists who enjoy this area
- Campers
- Naturalists
- UNESCO
- Olympic committee
- Corporate sponsors of the Olympic Games
- Ski hill employees/instructors
- Local Indigenous group
You should consider the following points and should contain, along with the points below, an opinion para stating whether or not you think that the Olympic Games should or should not be held at Lake Louise Alberta, Canada.
- how the impacts of this event could be minimized.
- when the needs of the local residents might supersede the needs of tourists and why.
- when the needs of the tourists might supersede the needs of local residents.
- the conflicts between visitor's interests and those of community residents.
- the possible aftermath of the event. What will be done with the venues that have been built specifically to host the Olympics?
- impacts on the environment, historic sites and community resources.