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Tourism in NSW: After September 11

Tourism in NSW: After September 11

Advice on legislation or legal policy issues contained in this paper is provided for use in parliamentary debate and for related parliamentary purposes. This paper is not professional legal opinion.
Briefing Paper No. 06/2004 by John Wilkinson
  • Tourism forms (directly and indirectly) around 8.7% of Australian Gross Domestic Product (pp.6-7)
  • Around 10% of employment, in Australia, can be attributed (directly and indirectly) to tourist activity (pp.8-9)
  • Domestic tourism is the mainstay of Australia tourism, although inbound tourism provides substantial export benefits (pp.1-5)
  • Government, both at a federal and a state level, has involved itself in sustaining the tourist industry (pp.10-12)
  • Although the collapse of HIH, the events of September 11, the collapse of Ansett and the outbreak of SARS, have temporarily contributed to a downturn in the numbers of tourists coming to Australia, there now appear to be signs of recovery (pp.12-16)
  • The federal government has responded to the events of 2001-2003 by suggesting innovations in the federal government’s relations with the tourist industry. These have come in the form of a white paper, issued in 2003 (pp.18-26)
  • Certain issues seem set to continue, however, as long term matters for resolution. These include the nature of the strategic directions for Australian tourism; the issue of the interstate rivalry amongst state tourist bodies; the dichotomy between incomes and prices as it effects people’s decision to take a holiday; and the potential for increasing the number of Chinese visitors coming to Australia (pp.26-41)