Not surprising, considering the leadup was filled with lot of bad news regarding the low ticket sale and general interest of the games. When PC was awarded the games in 2011, the situation was very different. Winter sports were kind of popular thanks to popular figures like Kim Yuna and the SK Speedskating team of back then. A lot of things have changed ever since: Many of those original idols have retired so the populace still haven't found someone who can fill these roles as well as they did, since they're also prone to look for charismatic athletes they can root for (Kim Yuna is still adored almost to a godhood/K-Pop status in her country)
I don't think these games were badly organized, but I agree it's better to give the games to Northern Europe and North America. At least people there have a genuine love for winter sports. Even if they manage to fill all the seats in Beijing 2022 (and they will, even if they have to encourage people from day one like they did for 2008) it won't count for me, since I know they will do it more as a matter of national pride than for actual interest for the games.
So yeah. I really hope Canada gets the games in 2026. Problem is we have to see if Calgary citizens want to go through the plans.