The Olympic Games

Still many Tickets for sale

Political crisis, economic recession, and the Zika Virus: For the first Time the Olympic games are held in South America, but around three weeks before the start in Rio are still sold, not all of the tickets.

A good three weeks before the start of the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro (5. to 21. August) is not sold nearly a third of the tickets. A spokesman for the organizing Committee confirmed on Wednesday. “We have sold more than 70 percent of the available Tickets,” the spokesman said in a written statement: “we are ahead of our targets. Our goal is to sell all the Tickets.”

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The number of unsold tickets is around 1.7 million. Brazil is hosting the first summer games on the South American continent, in the midst of a political crisis and economic recession. The Zika Virus and the ongoing security issues make for difficulties.

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