Neither farmers, nor those involved in tourism or sporting events, should have any right to special treatment.
"But at the end of the day it will pay for itself" by putting the Bahamas in position to host major sporting events and reap the tourism revenue that comes with that.
During the game, there were no shots of South Florida scenery -- shots that can turn a sporting event into a rolling tourism commercial.
That's because officials in the French capital have launched a campaign to raise public awareness around the issue of sex tourism during major sporting events.
When asked by the BBC to comment about concerns of overpricing, the organisers of next year's sporting event said they were working with "tourism and travel partners", including Glasgow City Marketing Bureau and VisitScotland, to "ensure visitors fully enjoy their experience of visiting the Games, the city and Scotland".
The city's theatres, museums and other cultural and sporting venues have helped to make it a major centre for tourism with more than one million staying visitors and 3.8 million day visitors to the city each year.
Shopping ranks ahead of cultural and sporting activities for foreign visitors to Spain, according to a study by Spanish tourism officials, and a new tour of Madrid gets right to the point.
Previous evaluations of mega-events, especially sporting, have tended to be retrospective and sometimes based around routinely available data on tourism, 69 retail and business 70 and hotel bookings, 71 rather than information gathered specifically for evaluative purposes.
South Africa's strengths include experience in playing host to major international sporting events in the post-apartheid era, as well as advantages in infrastructure, technology and tourism.
Beijing 2022 won't be just a two-week sporting event but the culmination of a multi-year campaign to promote leisure, recreation, and domestic tourism.
