{"id":3942,"date":"2011-06-08T11:26:58","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T08:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2022-09-28T20:57:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T19:57:09","slug":"australian-tourism-china-5297","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turizmtatilseyahat.com\/en\/australian-tourism-china-5297\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian tourism looks to China"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australia will look to Chinese investors to foot the bill for rejuvenating its ageing tourism infrastructure as the country seeks a larger slice of the growing Asian tourism market.<\/h3>\n

Federal Minister Assisting on Tourism Nick Sherry said investment in tourism infrastructure across Australia had been too low over the past decade, providing a poor image for visitors.<\/p>\n

“It (investment) has been insufficient to maintain and expand a modern infrastructure, so some of our infrastructure is looking old and worn,” he told reporters at the Australia-China Tourism Summit in Cairns.<\/p>\n

Mr Sherry said the federal government was seeking to encourage Australian institutions to invest in tourism infrastructure but would look overseas, particularity, to China, if there was not sufficient local interest.<\/p>\n

“At the end of the day, wherever that investment comes from, frankly, we don’t mind whether it is Australian or foreign,” he said.<\/p>\n

“There is, in China, interest in investing in Australian tourism and infrastructure. We seek to encourage that”<\/p>\n

Mr Sherry said investment in infrastructure was crucial to plans to boost Australia’s tourism industry, which is struggling with a high Australian dollar and an increase in the number of Australians travelling overseas.<\/p>\n

Although fewer travellers were coming to Australia from Europe and North America, Mr Sherry said demand from Asian countries was growing.<\/p>\n

“We shouldn’t forget that Asian currencies have, like the Australian dollar, generally been trending up against the US dollar,” he said.<\/p>\n

“That’s one of the reasons why growth from Asia has been so strong.”<\/p>\n

Tourism Australia on Wednesday unveiled its 10-year strategic plan aimed at substantially boosting the number of Chinese tourists to Australia over the next decade.<\/p>\n

Managing director Andrew McEvoy said the Chinese outbound tourism market was expected to be worth $9.5bn to Australia by 2020.<\/p>\n

However, he said it was vital that Australia fought to improve its market share.<\/p>\n

“Australia has had a good head start but still needs a robust plan for the future that focuses on the trade, consumers, aviation access, partnerships and shifts in market opportunity,” Mr McEvoy said.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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