http://blogs.culture.gov.uk/main/2011/05/package_holidays_backpackers_a.html

The following from Mr Penrose's blog.

>What else? Well, new data reveals that people from overseas - and here in the UK, of course – who go to music festivals and gigs in this country are contributing a record £1.4 billion to the economy, and supporting around 20,000 full time jobs. Live music is something we're really good at in this country and it's reassuring to know that its undoubted cultural value is backed up with a real and growing impact on the economy. Whether it's Glyndebourne or Glastonbury, or just a band in the back room of a pub, we know how to put on a show and these shows are feeding a visitor economy that draws in people from far and wide. In a different part of the forest I've been doing a lot of work on helping deregulate this sector, by the way. Live music is chronically over-licensed in this country and we're going to take the shears to all the red tape, but more of that shortly.<