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Economic importance of tourism in Australia’s regions
Visitor expenditure as a percentage of overall output in Australia’s top 20 tourism regions was outlined in a report on the Economic Importance of Tourism in Australia’s Regions released by the Federal Minister for Tourism this week.
“Regions such as the Gold Coast, Tropical North Queensland, Sunshine Coast, NSW Mid North Coast and NSW Northern Rivers not only have a very high reliance on the tourism sector, tourism contributes between $1 billion and $4.5 billion to their local economy,” said the Minister for Tourism, the Hon. Martin Ferguson AM MP. “The Australian Government recognises the importance of tourism to regional Australia, that is why, through the National Long Term Tourism Strategy and the marketing efforts of Tourism Australia we are supporting regional areas,” he added. Find out more.
http://www.australia.com/
