What is the UK airshow industry worth?

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Another thread got me thinking, how much money does the uk airshow industry create for the local/UK economy?

I've seen a qoute of Bournemouth airshow in 2013 bringing in 4.7million visitors over 4 days and generating £100million to the local economy. (Having previously sold merchandise for a display team over many years at Bournemouth it was always the show we'd run out of stock even when you took more each year)

So with so many airshows happening each year both free and paid what is the industry worth?

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Crusoe said:

If the people didn't go to the event would they still spending money on an outing somewhere else. Visitors probably spend a bit more but it is unlikely to be a huge increase, especially if there were other events in the area and probably quite a small percentage of people who would travel from a long distance especially for an air show.

Have you been to an airshow?

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trashbat said:

RIAT, Le Bourget and the like are primarily massive trade shows, particularly defence industry ones, so are a whole different kettle of fish to the typical public-oriented seaside show.

Airbus took about £36bn of orders at Paris 2015.

Edited by trashbat on Wednesday 26th August 12:10

RIAT isn't a trade show?