{"id":5309,"date":"2015-06-16T07:47:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T07:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/06\/16\/uk-music-tourism-generated-p31-billion-in-2014\/"},"modified":"2015-06-16T07:47:50","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T07:47:50","slug":"uk-music-tourism-generated-p31-billion-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2015\/06\/16\/uk-music-tourism-generated-p31-billion-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"UK music tourism generated \u00a33.1 billion in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/a\/ae\/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg\/800px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"216\" height=\"108\" \/><br \/>Music tourism numbers in the UK have increased by a third in the past three years, according to a new report. Published today, the economic study, Wish You Were Here 2015, was  carried out by Oxford Economics on behalf of UK Music and reveals the  contribution of music tourism to the UK economy.\u00a0 Between 2011-2014, the number of music tourists in the UK increased  by 34%. Around 9.5 million people travelled to music concerts and  festivals in 2014, helping generate \u00a33.1 billion in direct and indirect  spend.\u00a0  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK\u2019s rich music heritage and infrastructure has made the UK the  go-to destination for live music globally and these statistics show how  tourism is now a bedrock of British music and the wider economy,\u201d said  UK Music CEO Jo Dipple (<em>pictured<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The past four years have also seen a 39% rise in overseas tourists  travelling to the UK to attend our music events, each with an average  spend of \u00a3751 going directly to UK businesses. A total of 38,238 full  time jobs in 2014 were sustained by music tourism in the UK \u2013 a 57%  increase from the 2012 figure of 24,521 \u2013 added the report.<\/p>\n<p>UK Music chairman Andy Heath said: \u201cMore international music tourists  are coming to the UK and more Brits are travelling further afield to  gigs. The average spend by international music tourists has increased by  13% during this period, while the total exports have grown by less than  2%. If we want an export-led recovery, we need music tourists to keep  coming to the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Culture Secretary John Whittingdale added: \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic news that  our music industry drew in 9.5 million tourists last year but it\u2019s no  surprise. British music is legendary around the world and continues to  go from strength to strength, with UK artists now accounting for one in  seven albums sold worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFestivals like Glastonbury hold an iconic status on the world music  scene and are one of the reasons why international tourism is booming in  the UK, drawing in streams of visitors to all parts of the country. We  know our UK creative industries contribute an astonishing \u00a376.9 billion  to the UK economy but this report confirms they are truly world-class  and a powerful advert for the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: Music Week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music tourism numbers in the UK have increased by a third in the past three&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}