<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>335669</docID> <postdate>2024-12-19 09:48:13</postdate> <headline>Floriade sets a financially blooming record</headline> <body><p><img class=" wp-image-335670" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5638-rotated-e1734561978950.jpg" alt="" width="560" height="373" /></p> <caption>Floriade 2024 Photo: Audrey Anderson</caption> <p><strong>Floriade had a record year, contributing an economic impact of $62.4 million, up 22 per cent on last year, according to ACT government figures.</strong></p> <p>This includes $48.8 million attributed to visitors to the city.</p> <p>A total of 462,322 people attended, of which the government estimates 216,651 (46 per cent) were visitors to Canberra.</p> <p>UniSport Nationals, which also took place in September, generated $10.4 million in economic impact to the ACT, the government says. A total of 11,603 people attended the event, staying in the city for an average of 5.1 nights.</p> <p>The event saw more than 6000 participants from 42 universities across the country compete across 31 different sports.</p> </body>