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ITU World Triathlon Grand Final exceeds economic expectations

By Triathlon New Zealand | 11 Dec, 2012

The great news regarding ITU’s World Triathlon Series races just keeps rolling in. An independent report submitted to Triathlon New Zealand and the local organising committee found the Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Triathlon Grand Final exceeded targets in the economic returns to Auckland and New Zealand.

The event attracted a record 5,208 participants and a global audience estimated to be in excess of 25 million. In a post event survey, those who competed and watched live on course endorsed the event as being of ‘world class standard’.

Event CEO Dave Beeche said the report confirms the economic value of such an event to the city and the country.

ATEED General Manager Destination (Acting), Jennah Wootten congratulated the local organising committee on the successful management and delivery of the Barfoot & Thompson World Triathlon Grand Final Auckland.

“This is an excellent result and return on investment for Auckland and testament to the combined effort that an event of this scale requires not only from the event itself but also from businesses, residents and regional agencies,” Ms Wootten said.

Economic Impact report findings reveal that the Barfoot & Thompson World Triathlon Grand Final Auckland 2012 generated $7.41 million into the Auckland economy.

Highlights in the report include:
• The event attracted 5,318 visitors to NZ and 10,004 visitors to Auckland
• Average stay in New Zealand for international visitors was 11 nights, indicating that many travelled more widely after the event. The total number of visitor nights was 57,872
• Average stay in Auckland for international visitors was 5.6 nights. Total number of visitor nights in Auckland was 55,592
• Generated $12.48 million GDP for NZ
• Generated $7.4 million GDP for Auckland (forecast was $6.9 million)
• Return on national investment was 307%

Most files from Triathlon New Zealand and the Grand Final local organising committee

Related Event: 2012 Barfoot and Thompson World Triathlon Grand Final Auckland
20 - Oct, 2012 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Javier Gomez Noya ESP 02:00:29
2. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 02:00:31
3. Sven Riederer SUI 02:01:18
4. Steffen Justus GER 02:01:40
5. Gregor Buchholz GER 02:01:46
DNF. Jarrod Shoemaker USA DNF
DNF. Harunobu Sato JPN DNF
DNF. Sergio Sarmiento MEX DNF
DNF. Simon De Cuyper BEL DNF
DNF. Alexander Bryukhankov RUS DNF
Results: Elite Women
DNF. Erin Densham AUS DNF
DNF. Anja Dittmer GER DNF
DNF. Margit Vanek HUN DNF
DNF. Kiyomi Niwata JPN DNF
DNF. Carole Peon FRA DNF
DNF. Irina Abysova RUS DNF
DNF. Ricarda Lisk GER DNF
DNF. Hideko Kikuchi JPN DNF
DNF. Aileen Reid IRL DNF
DNF. Katrien Verstuyft BEL DNF
Results: U23 Men
DNF. Hans Korman EST DNF
DNF. Uxio Abuin Ares ESP DNF
DNF. Flávio Queiroga BRA DNF
DNF. Ron Darmon ISR DNF
DNF. Matheus Diniz BRA DNF
DNF. Fabian Flores GUA DNF
DNF. Alexander Hinton CAN DNF
DNF. Nikko Huelgas PHI DNF
DNF. Shogo Ishitsuka JPN DNF
DNF. Marco Van Der Stel NED DNF
Results: U23 Women
1. Non Stanford GBR 02:13:06
2. Sarissa De Vries NED 02:13:15
3. Joanna Brown CAN 02:14:12
4. Claudia Rivas MEX 02:14:26
5. Natalie Van Coevorden AUS 02:14:28
6. Sara Vilic AUT 02:15:06
7. Ashlee Bailie AUS 02:15:09
DNF. Arina Shulgina KAZ DNF
DNF. Kaitlin Donner USA DNF
DNF. Fanny Beisaron ISR DNF
Results: Junior Men
DSQ. Dmitry Baruzdin RUS DSQ
DNF. Alexis Lepage CAN DNF
DNF. Shichao An CHN DNF
DNF. Adrien Briffod SUI DNF
DNF. Bob Haller LUX DNF
DNF. Jeffrey Tang Ho Fai HKG DNF
DNF. William Huffman USA DNF
DNF. Anton Portnyagin KAZ DNF
DNF. Delian Stateff ITA DNF
DNF. Isikeli Rawlinson FIJ DNF
Results: Junior Women
DNF. Ivana Kuriackova SVK DNF
DNF. Andrea Nazareth Arenas Toloza VEN DNF
DNF. Mikayla Nielsen NZL DNF
DNF. Maria Cristina Farez Pucha ECU DNF
DNF. Renáta Fuchs HUN DNF
DNF. Johanna Gartman USA DNF
DNF. Anastasia Gorbunova RUS DNF
DNF. Rafelix Naomi Martinez VEN DNF
DNF. Lisa Schanung ITA DNF
DNF. Steffy Mishel Salazar Perez ECU DNF
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