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Tourism in Australia
Tourism is an important industry for the Australian
economy.
In the
financial
year
2010/11, the tourism
industry
represented
2.5% of
Australia's GDP at a
value of
approximately A$35 billion to the
national
economy. This is
equivalent
to tourism
contributing
$94.8
million a day to
the
Australian economy.
Domestic tourism is a
significant
part of
the
tourism
industry, and
was
responsible for
73%
of the
total
direct
tourism
GDP. The 2010-11 financial
year
saw
a
record number of overseas
arrivals
in
the financial
year,
with
5.9
million short-term visitor arrivals to
Australia (or 588
extra
visitors a
day
extra).
Tourism
employed 513,700
people
in
Australia in
2010-11, or
which
43.7% of total tourism
employed
persons were
p
art-time. Tourism
also
contributed
8.0% of
Australia's
total
export
earnings in
2010-11.
Popular Australian destinations include the coastal
cities of
Sydney
and
Melbourne, as
well as other high
profile
destinations
including
regional
Queensland, the
Gold Coast
and the Great Barrier Reef,
the
world's
largest
reef.
Uluru
and the Australian
outback are
other
popular
locations, as is
Tasmanian
wilderness.
The unique
Australian
wildlife is
also another
significant point
of
interest in the
country's
tourism.
Trends
Despite a
year of
global
economic
challenges
and
natural disasters in
2010-2011,
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