New figures from the Arts Council of Wales show that more people in Wales are attending at least one arts event once a year or more. A survey of 1,000 people in 2008 showed that this percentage had increased from 76% last year to 79%. The figures also show that There has also been an increase in attendance for arts events over the last ten years averaging at 72%, (compared with 66% ten years ago). Also significant, says the ACW, is the increase in the numbers of people from economically deprived areas attending arts events - up five percentage points to 30% in 2008, on top of a 7% increase in 2007. ACW is planning an even larger and more detailed survey of the arts to be published in 2010.
http://www.artswales.org/publications/Omnibus_Survey_2008_Final_Report(E).pdf