Chinese tourists take pictures at Sydney Harbour Bridge (Daily Telegraph).
According to the Daily Telegraph, the number of Chinese tourists pouring into Sydney has more than tripled over the past five years, injecting about A $3.2 billion into the new state economy.
But Salter (Bernard Salt), a prominent Australian social commentator, said: "We can do more to attract Asian tourists because this is the most profitable economic opportunity since the mining boom."
Last year, Chinese tourists contributed A $10.4 billion to Australia's economy. Sydney is an international city and a gateway for Australia to enter international economic markets, especially in Asia. But Sydney's search for opportunities in Asia has yet to go deep. " "it's time to dig deeper into this huge opportunity," Salter said. At present, there are 53 cities in China with a population of more than Adelaide, and Sydney has only opened routes with 19 of them, which clearly has a long way to go. "
In the past five years, the number of Chinese visitors to Sydney has surged from 348300 to 757600, making it the largest inbound tourism market in the new state, said Marshall (Adam Marshall), director of tourism in New York. In 2017, the number of nights spent by Chinese tourists in Australia reached 19.8 million nights. Up 17.8% from the previous year.
Government has funded events such as the Sydney Art Festival, the Sydney Harbour Opera Festival and the Easter Farmers' Fair to attract Chinese tourists, Marshall said. "the (Vivid Sydney) package for the colorful Sydney Lighting Music Festival launched last year allowed us to host more than 23000 Chinese visitors, up 29 percent from 2016."
Chinese tourists take pictures at Sydney Harbour Bridge (Daily Telegraph).
Australian entrepreneur Henry (Simon Henry), co-founder of UWAI.com, is helping Australian companies attract Chinese tourists. Speaking at (Future Asia Business Summit) at the Asia Business Summit in the future, he pointed to the shortcomings of Australian companies in expanding the Chinese market: "A lot of people talk about the Chinese as the same kind of people," he said. Treat consumers in a one-size-fits-all manner. Chinese consumers are diverse, just like British, American and Australian tourists. "
Chinese tourist Chen Xuewen (Xuwen Chen) said she likes Sydney's blue sky and clean environment, but hopes to provide more Mandarin logos for her parents' generation.