And though host cities have plenty of spending opportunities for visiting tourist and locals who might otherwise not purchase tickets for events, the reality is that if you make it easier for people to gain access to the events, you create more avid event loyalty and connection.

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Keith Mitchell, the prime minister, badly wants this project completed in time to host matches for the 2007 cricket world cup, an important if short-lived tourist attraction.

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At Disneyland in Anaheim, the oldest of the company's four theme parks, the company is building California Adventure, a microcosm of the state that will allow the tourist in a hurry to visit Venice Beach, Napa Valley, the Golden Gate, a redwood grove and a host of other sights that in real life are inconveniently scattered, all in a single day.

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