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此項報告運用英國國家統計局的統計方法並獲得主要經濟學者的認可，是第一份針對文化對現代國家整體經濟的實質價值的全盤分析，並歸納出以下幾點：
1.文化藝術佔國家生產毛額的0.4%，相較於國家財政上的文化預算支出不到0.1%，可視為高報酬率的投資
2.2011年文化藝術的年產值高達12.4萬億英鎊，加值總額高達5.9萬億英鎊
3.投資文化藝術的報酬率高於衛生、批發零售業、專業及商業服務
4.文化藝術的就業市場佔全英國的0.45%，及英格蘭的0.48%
5.英國每年觀光收入高達8.56億英鎊，主要可歸功於文化藝術
6.自2008年起，文化藝術對於經濟的貢獻持續成長，儘管英國整體經濟在歷經全球金融危機後，表現仍不理想。
英格蘭藝術理事會主席Alan Davey表示，文化藝術激勵了我們的想像力、帶來靈感及娛樂，為社會甚至個人提升生活品質。然而在經濟情勢嚴峻的狀況下，也必須檢視挹注於文化藝術的投資報酬率，並且更有效率的分配資源。
資料來源 / Arts Council England (2013.05) 譯 / 陳嘉琳
The contribution of the arts and culture to the national economy
The report uses a methodology applied regularly by the Office for National Statistics and recognised by leading economists, and is the first comprehensive analysis to determine this value to the modern economy on a national scale.
The key findings include:
- arts and culture make up 0.4 per cent of *GDP – a significant return on the less than 0.1 per cent of government spending invested in the sector
- arts and culture is a sector of significant scale with a turnover of £12.4 billion and a GVA of £5.9 billion in 2011
- arts and culture generate more per pound invested than the health, wholesale and retail, and professional and business services sectors
- the arts and culture sector provides 0.45 per cent of total UK employment and 0.48 per cent of total employment in England
- at least £856 million per annum of spending by tourists visiting the UK can be attributed directly to arts and culture
- the economic contribution of the arts and cultural sector has grown since 2008, despite the UK economy as a whole remaining below its output level before the global financial crisis
Alan Davey, Chief Executive, Arts Council England said: ‘We fund arts and culture because it has a unique ability to fire our imaginations, to inspire and entertain us. The contribution culture makes to our quality of life, as a society and as individuals, will always be our primary concern.
‘But at a time when public finances are under such pressure, it is also right to examine all the benefits that investment in arts and culture can bring – and to consider how we can make the most effective use of that contribution.’
The Arts Council will now consider with its partners and the arts and cultural organisations it funds how best to capitalise on the strengths the CEBR report underlines – particularly in the areas of cultural education, in driving tourism, cultural exports and the sector’s contribution to growth in the creative industries.
http://www.ifacca.org/publications/2013/05/07/contribution-arts-and-culture-national-economy/
