Blue skies, water, natural resources, beautiful languages, and deep culture! What more could you ask for in an Olympic City? That’s right, great hospitality! They have have that too.

Rome is an Italian city located to the west of the Apennines Mountains. This soon to be Olympic City is characterized by ‘The 7 Hills and The Tiber River’. Because the Tiber River is 405 km. long (251.655 mi.) if you were to use 1/4 or around 60 miles of the river,it would be able to convert the salt water portion of the 2016 summer Olympics! One great thing about Rome is that it has a Mediteranian climate. Like in California, in the winter it rains, in the summer its blisteringly hot, and tourists come and go. What is perfect is that most tourists come to visit Rome in the summer for break! This makes it extra convenient to hold the Olympics here (www.worldtravels.com).

Another great reason to hold the Summer Olympics of 2016 in Rome is because it will help unemployment rates go down. Nearly 200,000 people will earn jobs during the Olympics. Because the Olympics will be creating jobs, there is a better chance we will pick up sponsors such as Coke, McDonald’s, Visa, etc. (www.guardian.co.uk).

What’s so interesting about Rome is that they care a lot about their environment and natural resources. “The declaration of Rome hopes to reduce emission of carbon dioxide, improve electrical sector efficiency and diversify energy sources.” (city-data.com/world-cities/Rome_economy). They are also trying to reduce energy usage in both the city and the transport. Most of Rome’s raw materials are imported from other parts of the world including 75% of the energy required. One thing Rome is very dependent on is oil. If something were to happen where they could not get oil to Rome, the city would not be able to run. They also have constantly increasing mineral imports. Rome gets imported petroleum, lignite, iron ore, mercury, and marble. Therefore, because of this dependence on oil and such, this may increase gas prices as you move from place to place, also may cost a bit more while using one of the previous items. 

Rome welcomes Olympics and tourists with open arms based on their etiquette. The prime language in Rome is Italian. Thankfully, because they get a lot of American tourists, they also speak English. Two  other main languages you may be hearing when you hold the Olympics here are Latin or French (www.kwintessential.co.uk). As soon as you arrive to the city, citizens will be there to welcome you as a part of their culture. Some greeting’s you may want to know for when you arrive is that it is very respectful to air kiss the person’s cheeks (starting with the left), or a pat on the back between men, call the person you are with by their last name until you are invited to respond to that person by their first name (www.kwintessential.co.uk).

I truly hope you will consider beautiful, cultural, religious Rome as your 2016 summer Olympics! Thank you.