7.8 mil visitors to Australia

7.8 mil visitors to Australia

Visitor numbers to Australia continue to grow, up 10 percent to 7.8 million people over the 2015-2016 financial year, according to the latest ABS Overseas Arrivals figures.

Kiwis crossing the ditch still hold top place as the most visitors arriving from New Zealand. The number of Chinese travellers increased by 22.2 percent, making it the second largest country for visitors.

The UK, USA and Singapore, in order, rounded out the top five highest visitors. English visitors only grew by 5 percent, while the number of travellers from the USA actually dropped by 1.3 percent.

Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF) CEO Margy Osmond said that the tourism industry is the envy of the Australian economy as it’s been growing faster than the national average and the latest overseas arrivals figures show why it’s a super-growth industry for our future.

“This is why TTF has been a strong advocate of the need to develop a dedicated economic strategy that will map out how we turbo-charge industries like tourism to create the jobs and economic wealth we need to sustain our envied quality of life into the coming decades.,” Osmond added.

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