Sport writer Craig Ray writes the key elements of the bid included a low risk tournament in terms of security and financial exposure as well as a high earning yield.
TourismUpdate.co.za quotes Saru Chief Executive Jurie Roux, who says South Africa can host the most profitable World Cup and is able to produce the tournament at 50% of the cost of any of the European bids.
“If you look at price parity‚ we are one third of Europe. In other words‚ a tourist will be able to come to SA for three weeks for the equivalent cost of one week in Europe… There is no compromise in quality because our hotel rooms are the same standard and double the size.”
Ray wrote in the Sowetan: “SA Rugby shied away from emotion in the dossier‚ rather letting the facts and figures tell the story of a tournament that could eclipse all others if it is held in South Africa in six years’ time.”
