R93-billion gross, 695 000 annual jobs sustained, once-in-a-lifetime profiling of the country, and 370 000 foreign tourists – a smaller number, but staying longer and spending more than originally forecast. Consultancy Grant Thornton's post-recession projections on the economic impact of the 2010 Fifa World Cup™ make for encouraging reading.

"We have revised the figures post the worldwide recession and major ticket sales phases, and some of the numbers are encouraging," Grant Thornton Strategic Solutions principal Gillian Saunders said in a statement this week.
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