MUSIC fans from home and abroad helped generate £420,000 for the Uist and Benbecula economy and safeguarded eight tourism-related jobs, a study has revealed.
In only its second year, the Eilean Dorcha Festival (EDF) on the Isle of Benbecula attracted a sell-out crowd of 3,000 over two days, a 141 per cent increase on year one.
The independent economic impact study calculated that the public subsidy of £33,500 secured to back the festival generated a visitor spend of around £420,000.