NSW: Country businesses see no benefit from Olympics

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2000
NSW: Country businesses see no benefit from Olympics

A survey has found most busineses in regional New South Wales don't believe the Olympics
will benefit the local economy.

The NSW Chamber of Commerce Country Business Survey found only one in five regional
businesses felt there would be some local financial benefit as a result of the Games.

Chamber acting chief executive MARGY OSMOND says it's of concern that most regional
businesses don't expect the Olympics to provide any benefit to the local economy despite
research of previous Olympics showing the opposite.

In a wide ranging survey, it also found regional use of the internet for financial
transactions had almost doubled in the past six months from 20 per cent to 38 per cent.

Vandalism and graffiti are the biggest crimes facing regional business followed by
armed robbery, break and enter and drug related crimes.

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