An exciting economic impact report on Seville's GO Fest.
July 8, 2022
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Author: The Pokémon Company
July 8, 2022
We held Pokémon GO Safari Zone Seville at Parque del Alamillo in Seville, between Friday May 13th 2022 to Sunday May 15th 2022. More than 20,000 Trainers joined the park and walked about 225,000 km in total, which makes approx. 11.25km per Trainer at the park.
https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/safari-zone-seville-2022-recap/
The economic impact report for the Pokémon GO Safari Zone Seville is now available.
Key points:
€9.1M ($9.9M) direct expenditures of visitors for accommodation, food and beverages etc. and operations cost of Niantic
€6.5M ($7.0M) indirect expenditures (impact on suppliers for businesses having direct impact from event)
€5.1M ($5.6M) induced expenses (increased household spending induced by employees working for businesses having direct impact from event)
In addition, €9.4M ($10.2M) of taxes were raised and positive job impact sums up to 462 jobs created
Seville also benefited as tourism destination as 36% of visitors stated that they will likely return to the city in the next 12 months
For a more detailed report, please see here.
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