It's too early to say whether this year's Manx Grand Prix has seen fewer visitors on the Island then usual.
There have been suggestions in some quarters that the race meeting has been quiet . . albeit the racing has been very exciting.
However Tourism Minister David Cretney says the jury is still out on numbers this year, and the MGP has a more specialist appeal than the TT.
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