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Briefing Paper No.08/2006 by John Wilkinson
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- While there has been some debate over the exact worth of tourism to
Australia, the industry still makes a valuable contribution to the nation
(pp.1-4)
- New South Wales leads the nation in tourism activity – which is an
important industry for the state (pp.7-9)
- A considerable amount of assistance is provided to the industry at both
federal and state levels (pp.18-19)
- The largest proportion of tourism activity is generated by small business
(pp.2-3, 32-34)
- The major component of tourism activity, domestic tourism, has remained
almost static in recent years (pp.4-5, 20-22)
- There has been a significant downturn in the number of Japanese tourist
arrivals in Australia – an important component of Australia’s
inbound tourist market (pp.22- 25)
- China is seen as an important future source of overseas visitors (pp.26-27)
- Disparities in income appear to have eroded some of the benefits gained by
Australia from tourist arrivals (pp.20, 27-29)
- Low cost air travel seems to have benefited capital cities to the detriment
of the regions (p.29)
- In recent years a difference of opinion has developed, between the federal
and state governments, over the performance of NSW in the realm of events
tourism (pp.30- 32)
- Distance does appear to be a factor in dissuading some tourists from
visiting Australia (pp.25-26)
- Both state and federal governments have a number of individual programmes
in place to assist tourism (pp.24-25, 35-37)
