XX Commonwealth Games Visitor Study: Economic Impact Report

Footnotes

1. Glasgow and the Clyde Valley includes Glasgow, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, South Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire local authorities. Glasgow and the Clyde Valley makes up the broadly defined metropolitan City-Region of Glasgow.

2. Total event visitor spend was £228 million when tickets are included.

3. For a definition of Gross Value Added (GVA) see Glossary in Annex D.

4. Evaluation of the Commonwealth Games 2014 Legacy: Post-Games Report (summer 2015)

5. See www.eventIMPACTS.com.

6. See XX Commonwealth Games Visitor Study: Visitor Survey Results Report (summer 2015).

7. DMH accreditation was important as it was required for access to Glasgow 2014 "live zones".

8. See http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/Input-Output for further details.

9. See Evaluation of the Commonwealth Games 2014 Legacy: Post-Games Report (summer 2015).

10. It is possible that some of this income will accrue as royalties to Glasgow 2014 Ltd. In addition, there may be sales of Games branded merchandise purchased by individuals not visiting the Games.

11. See Glossary

12. See www.eventIMPACTS.com.

13. See Glossary

14. See Glossary

15. See XX Commonwealth Games Visitor Study: Visitor Survey Results Report (summer 2015).

16. See Annex A.

17. ALL of the direct impact is assumed to have taken place in Glasgow as both the media personnel and volunteers would have spent almost the whole Games period in the city.

18. Clyde Valley Community Planning Partnership Metropolitan Glasgow: Our Vision for the Glasgow City Region 2008-13.

19. Note that this cannot be added to the Glasgow and Clyde Valley impact to give the Scotland level impact as it is based only on spending by visitors from outside Scotland.

20. Adam Blake The Economic Impact of the London 2012 Olympics, Nottingham University.