The promotion of (Field of Light Uluru), the Northern Territory's Uluru Wild Star Show, has helped the town of Yulara, the gateway to Australia's most iconic Uluru (Uluru), become the most expensive destination for international travelers to come to Australia. The average price per room there last year was $360 a night.
Field of Light exhibition Lights Show in the Northern Territory
Tasmania's Cradle Mountain (Cradle Mountain) is Australia's second-most expensive destination for international vacationers, according to the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index released today, with an average price of $260 a night for local hotels. This was followed by downtown Sydney, Palm Bay (Palm Cove), and the Holy Spirit Islands (Whitsunday Islands)-despite a 14 percent drop in hotel and house prices in Queensland after Hurricane Debbie, the price of accommodation per night is still as high as A $2222.
Last year, hotels and resorts close to natural wonders and outdoor adventures had the highest rates for hotels and resorts because of international tourists, Hotels.com said. In particular, Chinese and Americans are attracted to Australia by a large number of eco-tourism promotions.
Exxmouth (Exmouth) of Western Australia jumped the most out of the 50 destinations that participated in the list. Hotel prices have risen 12 percent to $213 a night as tourists flock to (Cape Range National Park), the Cape Ridge National Park, and (Ningaloo Coast), which is famous for whale sharks.
New South Wales's Hunter Valley (Hunter Valley) also scored well, with international visitors spending an average of $2222 a night, making it the sixth-most expensive destination. The (Byron Bay) resort in Byron Bay, on the northern coast of New York, also performed well, with average prices rising 5% per night to $207. (Port Douglas), port of Douglas, Queensland, is also popular, with an average rate of $203. 3 per night
"accommodation prices for other portals leading to natural landscapes such as kangaroo island (Kangaroo Island) also rose sharply, rising 9 percent to an average of $188 per night," Hotels.com said. "Last year, the price of accommodation in Townsville (Townsville) also rose sharply, up 13 percent from 2016, indicating the growth of tourists in rural areas and the strength of coral reef tourism."
But downtown Melbourne is likely to be underperforming by a surge in hotel development, as its average nightly accommodation price is down 1 percent from $174 in 2016 to $173 last year.
According to the accommodation expenses of Australian tourists traveling abroad, they spent the most last year in a hotel in Lahaina, Hawaii, with an average of $418 a night, up 8%. This was followed by Mykonos, hotels in Greece at $387 per night (up 9%) and Greece's Santorini (up 9%), with an average of $358 per night.
The cheapest accommodation paid by Australian outbound travelers is only A $55 a night (up 16%) for local accommodation in Kathu, Phuket, Thailand. Other Asian destinations offering the cheapest accommodation were Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at $72 a night (down 2 percent) and Manila, Philippines, with an average of A $80 a night (down 13 percent).