Thousands protest Pope visit to Madrid

Carmel Serracino-inglott

Aug 20th 2011, 13:06

Some of the money spent is recycled and end up into the workers pockets. there is also ( always) the multiplier effect and thus business is motivated. There is also the fact that some activities would have improved the status quo embelishing the enviroument, road cleaning ecc. Not to mention the money spend at reataurants and transport by the youths directing more money into the workers'pockets.

Airlines, trains transporting the youths to Spain also got a boost. BUT some people always look at the affairs involvong the church from a negative angle, the main thing for them is to attack the church. They lastly but still very important this visit makes more people happy than not except the ones who are anti-Catholic.

C. Spiteri

Aug 20th 2011, 19:25

There are millions of tourists that have gone to Spain, as this visit is part of the youth gathering. These shall be pumping in millions in the pockets of the Spaniards. But as usual, the noise of a few protesters makes news while the millions that are celebrating are completely ignored by the manipulating news agencies and news media!

Mr Paul Borg

Aug 21st 2011, 13:46

But it is OK to spend $65 million on an F1 car race and make 35 million loss as In the Melbourne Grand Prix.! As someone has already said the money spent in Spain for the WYD could be seen as an economic stimulus package for its own citizens and economy which with over 1.5 million extra tourists will yield to the Spanish economy multiple the initial investment.

We had the same type of whinging for the Sydney WYD even though there was no economic "crisis" in Australia at the time. The issue is anti Catholicism and not "money" Vaster sums of money are spent on political frivolities, like the billions spent as an "economic" and Green stimulus by the Australian Government in providing roof insulation for private housing, a project which will yield absolutely no return once the world economy turns around.