Music Tourism a money spinner for Britain – brought in £3.1bn last year

Music Tourism is turning out to be a money spinner for Britain because, since 2011, music tourism has grown by 39%. An estimated 9.5 million people had undertaken long journeys to come to events last year from across the UK and abroad and they generated £3.1bn.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 18 July 2015.

There has been a significant increase in the number of music fans who are travelling from overseas to see their favorite bands perform live at Britain's festivals and concerts. This is helping to provide a major boost to the economy.
More than half a million of the music lovers were from other countries and, each one of them has handed businesses worth about £750 to Brittan. Festivals like the Glastonbury festival, the Bestival on the Isle of Wight and Suffolk's Latitude Festival are big draws.
The arrival of tourists help taxis, shops, restaurants and everyone else - the whole economy benefits from these festivals.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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