One of the biggest criticisms regarding summits refers to exorbitant prices spent to organize the meetings in addition to ensuring security. Although at the beginning summits involved high costs, they have increased further in recent years. The situation is determined by the extension of dangers such as terrorism and street movements organized by protesters who find an opportunity to express their dissatisfaction. G.R. Berridge offers some examples, such as the G8 Summit in Geneva in 2001 when it has been spent over 100 million pounds, money which included the installation of a missile defense system in the airport where the guests arrived. The following year, the Canadian government used 140 million pounds to organize the summit in a retired State Rocky Mountains to avoid anti-globalization protesters. In 2008, Japan invested fabulous sum of £ 238 million to organize the G8 summit on Hokkaido isolated (Berridge, 2010, pp. 165-166)