In the last post, I wrote about the lack of enthusiasm among the Pakistani people regarding World Cup Football. However, for Nepal, it is just the opposite. Nepalese people do not mind at all that their national team is no where near the Asian standard in this game. Sale of football related items has increased a lot in the country ahead of World Cup Football. Many bars and cafes have arranged giant screen projectors for their customers. However, more than football fans in Nepal, owners of advertising firms in Nepal are celebrating the arrival of World Cup Football 2006 as they have witnessed a boom in their revenue:
"It is notable that the Nepali advertising business which generally has annual transactions worth 1.5 billion rupees is expected to have made a transaction of 30 million."
I came to know from another blog that many Nepalese are die hard fans of Maradona and Argentina just like Bangladeshi football fans. So, if Argentina can reach semi final or final, World Cup Football is going to generate a huge amount of revenue for many people in Bangladesh and Nepal.
Nepalese advertising industry has suffered a lot in April due to the political crisis. I am happy that World Cup Football 2006 is helping to boost this industry.
Let us hope that their political crisis wouldn't ever happen again and that World Cup will give them more revenue.
FIFA World Cup is really making a huge impact here in Asia, even here in the Philippines, news channels try to mix it in their programs trying to target audiences that are mostly basketball enthusiasts. I'm not pretty sure if it will help my "free-stylin" country men join the wave of FIFA World Cup craze.
Posted by: nepspeed82 | June 8, 2006 1:37 PM | Permalink to Comment