Significant growth for Festival of Motorcycling

Thu, 18 Sep 2014

£6 million has been generated from this year's Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling.

Visitor figures and revenue from sponsorship, event and grandstand ticket sales, hospitality and other commercial revenue were all up on last year's numbers.

MHK David Cretney, who is responsible for motorsport and tourism, says the encouraging figures are an effective benchmark of the success of the rebranded event.

We asked him why he thinks so many more motorsport fans are now making the journey: