ARTRAGE Inc. 2020 Impact Report

ARTRAGE INC
2020 IMPACT REPORT
PERFORMER EXPENDITURE
From originally having 145 visiting international and interstate
performers and production personnel in the first year of the
Festival, this number has grown steadily over festivals to 1,072
participating visitors in 2020.
Over the years we have steadily been increasing average
travelling Artist season lengths to help ensure they get the
most out of their FRINGE WORLD festival stints. Based on the
average stay of 17.5 nights per intrastate participant, 15.9 nights
per interstate participant and 22.2 nights per international
participant, visiting Festival participants spent an estimated
20,418 nights in Perth during their stay in 2020. This is 28%
higher than the 15,891 figure of 2019.
We look at expenditure by four different categories of
performers: local performers from within Perth Metropolitan
area, performers from within WA (intrastate), performers from
elsewhere in Australia (interstate) and those from outside of
Australia (international).
To approximate the expenditure of performers from Perth Metro
area, we use the box office payments made to local performers
as well as fees paid to Perth artists for contributions to free
programs. Since these performers are Perth-based, we have
assumed that the bulk of their fees generated through the
Festival will end up being spent in the Perth economy. As this
revenue has been included in the FRINGE WORLD expenditure
figures they are not considered further here.
Based on our participant survey data, we calculate average
daily expenditure for intrastate artists at $221, interstate artists
at $187 and $172 for international artists. These figures are inline
with those used by the Australian Department of Resources,
Energy and Tourism to calculate tourism expenditure.
Travel expenditure for performers is not included in estimated
performer expenditure, since the bulk of this expenditure will be
on travel from elsewhere in Australia or from overseas, accruing
to airline and travel operators based outside of Perth.
VISITING PERFORMER EXPENDITURE CALCULATIONS
TYPE OF PERFORMER
TOTAL NIGHTS/DAYS
TOTAL AVERAGE
DAILY SPEND
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
Perth n/a n/a n/a
Elsewhere in Western Australia 2,433 $221 $537,693
Elsewhere in Australia 6,885 $187 $1,287,495
Overseas 11,100 $172 $1,909,200
TOTAL VISITING PERFORMER EXPENDITURE 20,418 $3,734,388
ORGANISER EXPENDITURE
This expenditure includes all spending on staff, office running costs and suppliers. The totals for each of these categories of income
and expenditure are displayed in the Organisational Expenditure chart.
CATEGORY
AMOUNT
Total expenditure on WA artists $2,610,445
Total expenditure on staff $6,391,774
Total expenditure on festival office costs $468,560
Other expenditure related to staging the festival $1,210,967
TOTAL $10,681,746
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