Mother of all olympics

The other day while reading on how much do the countries mint from an Olympics, some stunning facts emerged through.
1) China is supposedly to earn about $240 million from television relays.
2)Olympic games will create commercial opportunities worth 3 trillion yuan, half of which apply to service trade.
3)Overseas visitors have grown 7% YOY since 2001 Beijing Olympic announcement.
4)And lastly, Beijing olympics are supposed to be the most profitable Olympics in the game's history, according to the International Olympics Committee. Sales of the official mascots, FUWA alone are expected to net $300 million in profits.


Source: The Beijing Organising Committee; International Olympic Committee