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donate $25,000 dollars to the Asterisk Mobile
Medical Unit, and $25,000 dollars to The Road to
Recovery Foundation if the "Let's Go Moto" Toyota Tundra wins the competition. And each person
who votes is entered to win a "Dream Trip" to either
A
study by the Isle of Man
Government's Treasury Economic Affairs Division into the
contribution that the Isle of Man
Festival of Motorcycling makes
to the Island's economy has
shown an increase in visitors of
approximately 50 percent over
a four-year period, according to
the IoM TT promoters.
The treasury originally surveyed the Manx Grand Prix in
2009 before replicating the
study this year at the inaugural
Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling, which included the newly
created Classic TT, the Manx
a Supercross, NASCAR, or Dew Tour event.
Motocross enthusiasts and industry personnel
are encouraged to support the effort by visiting
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for the "Let's Go Moto" Toyota Tundra today.
Grand Prix, the VMCC Festival
of Jurby and the Classic and Two
Day Trials.
The research revealed an overall increase in visitors to 13,407
for the August event, compared
to 8915 in 2009. The study
showed that these visitors spent
a total of $13.4 million compared
with $7.8 million in 2009.
While there was a significant
37 percent increase in all forms
of sea passengers - foot, motorcycle and other vehicles - the
notable increase was in air traffic, which was up 172 percent to
2346 this year from 860 during
the same period in 2009.
Figures supplied by Ronaldsway airport show that the air
traffic growth was particularly
significant in the last year, with a
reported 11.6 percent increase in
visitors compared with the same
period in 2012.
As with 2009, the majority of
visitors were from England (80
percent) with campsites (31 percent) proving the most popular
type of accommodation although
20 percent of visitors were revealed to have stayed in hotels.
GROWTH FOR
ISLE OF MAN TT
Racing on the Isle of Man
continues to bring in a
record amount of fans.
