Importance of creative industries to local economy

Creative industries employ some 7 per cent of Mountains workers, according to a study just released by the Blue Mountains Economic Enterprise BMEE's updated creative industries economic profile provides a measure of the contribution that those industries make to the local economy From the creative industries there is a flow-on effect, through supply and consumption, with the estimated total impact being $650m.

These statistics confirm the importance of the creative industries to the Blue Mountains economy and reinforce the need for our ongoing work to further develop the creative industries sector Creative industries generally align with this approach and suit a sustainable economic future in our unique city A copy of the creative industries profile can be downloaded at https://bmeeorg.

BMEE includes a wide range of workers in its definition of a creative industry. . Source