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This report, to celebrate the AIF's sixth birthday, places the festival sector in its historical context and looks ahead to the future to see the issues currently facing festival promoters, with a focus on the AIF's member festivals. 

This report, to celebrate the AIF's sixth birthday, places the festival sector in its historical context and looks ahead to the future to see the issues currently facing festival promoters, with a focus on the AIF's member festivals. 

UK Music, the umbrella organisation for the commercial music industry, has produced a new report outlining music tourism's contribution to the UK economy. Also with analysis from Oxford Economics, the report reveals a substantial increase in the popularity of attending live concerts and festivals over recent years. The key findings are:

• Music tourism contributes ¬£3.1 billion to the UK economy through direct and indirect visitor spend.
• Between 2011-2014, the number of tourists attending music events in the UK increased by 34% (from 7.1 million to 9.5 million).
• There has been a 39% increase in the number of overseas music tourists visiting the UK between 2011-2014 (546,000 in 2014).
• Music tourism sustains 38,238 full time jobs.

The report also details the volume and value of music tourism for each region of the UK.

Link to all MPI Research. Areas of Research include: Meetings Outlook, Business Value of Meetings, Corporate Social Responsibility, Future of Meetings, Hybrid Meetings, Meeting Desisn, Strategic Meetings Management, CEIS 3.0, UKEIS, USESS, Virtual Meetings, White Papers. 

Link to all MPI Research. Areas of Research include: Meetings Outlook, Business Value of Meetings, Corporate Social Responsibility, Future of Meetings, Hybrid Meetings, Meeting Desisn, Strategic Meetings Management, CEIS 3.0, UKEIS, USESS, Virtual Meetings, White Papers.