More spending in Australia
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New research released by Tourism Research Australia reveals international travellers are spending more during their visits to Australia.
In the year ending June 2008, spending by international visitors in Australia increased 9% to AU$16 billion, primarily driven by the growth in Chinese, Malaysian and Indian markets.
Commenting on the International Visitor Survey, which provides extensive information on international visitors for the year ending June 2008, Tourism Australia Managing Director Geoff Buckley said; “A highlight of this report is the increased yield we are getting out of international travellers. The international traveller market showed strong growth in spending in Australia for the year ending June 2008.”
Chinese, German and Italian visitors showed the strongest growth in spend by holiday visitors for the year. Those who travelled for education or employment and those visiting friends or relatives also increased their spending.
“While visitor numbers remained steady year on year, we experienced modest growth in visitor nights, which were up 1%,” Buckley said.
The largest growth in visitors was from China with a 10% increase in numbers, or an additional 34,000 travellers. Visitors from India also rose by 22%, or 18,000 travellers. These numbers however, were offset by falls from Japan, down 14% or 81,000 travellers, the United Kingdom, down 6% or 42,000 travellers and Korea down 12% or 30,000 travellers.
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