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Service and Tourism
All the officials and journalists
were accommodated at the comfortable
Viru Hotel, situated in the city
centre.
Tourists were accommodated in
Olympia, Tallinn and Palace hotels.
During the Games Tallinn welcomed
7,600 tourists, of which number 2,800
came from abroad.
Over 30 everyday services were
available for officials and journalists,
as well as for tourists. Eighty-four
service outlets functioned at the
hotels and in various districts of the
city.
All the delegations and officials
had cars and minibuses at their disposal.
During the Games all accredited
persons had free use of city
transport (except taxis).
Special bureaus serviced the officials
and tourists who came to Tallinn
in their own cars and yachts.
A special medical service, which
included a first-aid centre in the Olympic
Village and a first-aid station in the
harbour, had 125 doctors and other
medical personnel. Medical service
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was also provided at sea for participants
in the Regatta.
During the Regatta, 1,866 people
came to the first-aid centre for treatment,
including 104 yachtsmen and 69
officials. They all received free medical
aid.
The Yachting Centre and the organisation
of the Olympic Regatta
received general acclaim.
The IYRU Secretary General Nigel
Hacking noted: "At last year's Baltic
Regatta I stated that the organisers of
the competitions of the Olympic
yachtsmen prepared for 1980 Olympics
at least a year ahead of the
yachtsmen. Today they brought everything
to the highest level of perfection.
I must say that no other country
in the world has a Yachting Centre
like this. I think that as to its technical
facilities it is a world centre for
yachtsmen meet."
Lord Killanin, speaking at the Closing
Ceremony of the Olympic Regatta
in Tallinn, said that it was the best
Regatta in the history of the Olympic
Games.
Tallinn airport
Viru Hotel in Tallinn
In the streets of Tallinn