UN World Tourism Organization report outlining the relationship between tourism and culture and the interdependency of the two sectors. The survey of UNWTO member states and expert opinion affirms that cultural tourism plays a major role in global tourism today.
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/Statistics Canada’s first series on tourism spending on culture, which reports that tourism spending on culture products increased by $49.7 million from 2015 to $1.7 billion in 2016. Live performance alone accounted for more than a third of all expenses by international visitors, totalling $220 billion.
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/Table of the total (domestic and export) spending by tourists in Canada on culture and sport products. Compares 2016 to previous years, and finds that tourism spending on culture products increased by $49.7 million from 2015 to $1.7 billion in 2016. Of their expenditures on culture products, tourists spent the most on performing arts, which includes attending concerts and plays, followed by film and video, crafts and books.
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/Evaluation of Hull’s UK City of Culture year (2017), demonstrating positive social and economic outcomes. Reports that the over 2,800 events, cultural activities, installations and exhibitions attracted an audience of 5.3 million, with over 95% of Hull residents attending at least one cultural activity during the year.
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