But I heard that the television ratings of the Olympic Games are also declining, which would be illogical even in a pandemic if you believe that interest in such competitions remains at least at the same level.
Quite an interesting situation in the medal count - Vietnam has more gold medals than Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia combined. And the proportions between gold silver and bronze medals are anomalously disproportionate - a typical pattern for hosts.
People are more inclined to focus on earning or finding job. As we know this pandemic makes many of us unemployed. So I think it is also one factor why the media rating declined this current South East Asian Games.
We can see how Vietnam sports developed over this decade and it is very impressive. They progress so much while the Philippines Sports deteriorated.
Yeah, that's mostly been the case in Sea games, the host nation has a high chance to get the most medal. So it's Vietnam's turn to dominate this event and the next host will be Cambodia in 2023. However, Cambodia just got 1 medal in the current Sea games but this might change and maybe they will get at least in the top 3 standing in the medal in the next meet.