Supported by: Clare Adamson* *S5M-06306 Liam Kerr: SPECTA 2017 Festival That the Parliament congratulates Aberdeen — City Council and its partners on the success of the SPECTRA 2017 Urban Light Festival, which involved using unusual and artistic lighting in some of the city's most iconic sites, including Marischal College and the Kirk of St Nicholas; understands that it brought £717,000 to the city centre, including £404,454 in visitor spend, and attracted 63,286 visitors, more than double the 2016 attendance; notes that this was the fourth consecutive year that the event has been held; welcomes the local authority focusing its events strategy as part of its 25-year city centre masterplan, which aims to attract more footfall; commends efforts to raise the city s cultural profile, ’ and looks forward to the return of the festival in February 2018.