Going by that surmise, the true impact of the Commonwealth Games on tourism, scheduled for October 2010, can be judged better if one is to look at the various possibilities for marketing, advertising, educating and introducing a new India for the sportspersons, their entourage and other global visitors to the country. Knowing this definite time frame for the CWG taking place, the tourism and other related ministries get a chance to develop some public-private demonstration projects as a show-case for domestic, regional and international cities. What makes the CWG so important in sporting events and a coup for Indian economy and hospitality sector and its sister branch, tourism segment, is that the Olympic and Commonwealth Games are the second largest sports events held in modern times. Other cities that have hosted the CWG have recorded major spurt in tourism since their chance at this excellent reason for global travelers to come together in a spirit of competition, learning and life experiences while also giving the countries a chance to present a newer, vibrant youth-appeal to their land. The examples for this kind of cultural showcasing and effective gift-wrapping of sectors of interest like tourism-be it adventure, spa or spirituality- can be seen from the earlier hosts of world sporting events: Beijing, China and Barcelona, Spain benefited from hosting the Olympics while Manchester, UK and Melbourne, Australia received greater tourist inflow during and after playing host to CWG 2002 and 2006, respectively.

State-of-art technology deployments will help in ensuring world-class management of Delhi city during the event and also leave a sure, culturally strong imprint as valuable legacy of classy Indian hospitality on visitors to the CWG Delhi, 2010 while major economic boost from the CWG will raise tourism opportunities for our country, if basic amenities and modern tourist needs are kept in mind while formulating and promoting specialized tourism sectors.

The CWG Delhi, 2010 can well prove to be a catalyst for major investment in the country's sporting, social and environmental fabric since it will effect the tourism sector directly as well as indirectly.

Eco-tourism and total wellness packages including ancient exercise and relaxation, toning, breathing and strengthening routines are likely choices that guarantee global tourist interest and are bound to be crowd-pullers during CWG. While earlier host nations of CWG directed their tourism budget towards raising standards of basic and luxury amenities, including novelty factor for tourists and sportspersons, other areas of redevelopment covered bridge and road links to and from the host city to neighboring regions and specialty tourism spots. These can be developed as mini-villages offering bountiful shopping, eating, local customs, drama and theatre, music, dance and associated learning and living experiences that are essentially Indian, therefore attractive to outsiders. Planting of trees, arranging meetings with trained-up volunteers assisting local community/youth/social service and cultural awareness groups and events and such like are likely to generate almost 13,600 full time equivalent jobs created from the Games. Naturally then, the expected economic return will be higher than before thanks to the impact of the Common Wealth Games on Tourism and the higher number of international tourists.