Sport Culture In Greece

Sport culture in Greece

The origin of Olympics games
Held by every four years
Ancient Olympics games and modern Olympics games

The real religion of Greece
The worship of health, beauty and strength.
Healthy body is the best thing for man
Nature beauty comes to the second best
The third is to enjoy wealth gotten without fraud
Lastly , to be in youth’s bloom among friends

The real region of Greece
Because of the “real region” of Greece,
Men and boys are enthusiastic with sport
Greek youth were trained in wrestling school in ancient time no matter they had to attend the Olympic games or not.

The myth about the Olympics game
Who is Zeus?
Zeus is one of the sons of Cronus(The one who has the highest authority over the universe)
When Zeus had grown up, he fought with his father

Zeus’s brothers and sisters also joined him to fought with Cronus
It was a furious war which lasted for 10 years
Eventually, Zeus got the victory
Gain the control over the universe

To celebrate the victory,
He started the ancient
Olympics game

Original aims of Ancient Olympics games
To worship Zeus
-Zeus is the king of the gods
-so people have to respect Zeus,
-also, people believed that the Olympics games was started by Zeus.

Original aims of Ancient Olympics games
To prepare the athletics for the wars
-they are selected by local and municipal elimination trials .-the athletics received some intensive training
-the cities of Greece would provide the highest stimulus.
One of the most famous training centre : the palaestra(wrestling school)

Location of ancient Olympics
Olympia
It is a place for worshiping gods
So it is a good place for the ancient Greeks to honored their god
It is a convenient location ( near the sea )

Ancient Olympics
The first Olympics game was held in 776 B.C
An international truce among the Greeks was declared for the month before the Olympics
Enable athletes to travel from their countries to Olympia in safety

Ancient Olympics
no cheating or irregularities
since the aims of ancients Olympic games is used to worship Zeus
cheating is an action which is considered as disrespectful to Zeus.

Ancient Olympics
Each winner bound a woolen fillet about his head.
The judges also placed a crown of wild olive
It is a great honor and adored by most people
Ancient Olympics was abolish by Roman emperor Theodosius I in 393AD.
Theodosius I was a Christian, so the worship of Zeus is a kind of pagan influences

Modern Olympics
Open for all countries
Started at 1896
The first modern Olympics game was also held in Greece

The impact on tourism industry
Unique sport culture
Since the ancient Olympics began, people start to notice this country
When we think of sport tourism, we always think about Greece.
Water sports is famous in Greece
Various sport event have been organized in Greecee.g. Olympics 2004

The impact on tourism industry
Because of the Olympics 2004,
Many sport facilities, stadiums and training centres was built which fulfill the international standard.
-in 2004,30 more facilities are built(provide many opportunities for local people and visitors to have sport)
So, Greece is a good place for sport tourism
Attract more tourists to have sport and leisure
Boost the tourism sector

The impact on hospitality industry
many hotel in Greece will provide sport facilities for their customers
Since there are many tourists who come to watch the sport events and have sport and leisure
There are many resort hotel.

The impact on society
Because of the Olympics 2004 together with the promotion of sport tourism,
Make continuous improvement on infrastructures
More convenient for the people to travel around Greece with well-established travel network.
Increase in productivity of the society

The impact on service industry
Since many international sport events have been organized in Greece,
The service staff have gain much experience on serving people from various countries(athletes and visitors)
So there are many opportunities for them to know more about different cultures and make improvement on service quality.

The impact on individual
many people in Greece are enthusiastic with sport due to the unique sport culture.
Many sport facilities in Greece, so it is convenient for people to have sport
More healthy, energetic
Increase in productivity

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