The number of overseas visitors to New York hit a new high in the year. (photo by the Daily Telegraph)
According to the Daily Telegraph, New York's tourism industry has taken the lead in Australia's eastern states, with record-breaking annual overseas visitors, further widening the new state's lead over Victoria. Today, the gap between New and Victorian states in the number of international visitors has widened to the largest in 10 years.
In the year to June 2018, the number of new state overseas visitors reached 4.3 million, up 4 percent year on year, according to (International Visitor Survey), the latest international visitor survey. Over the same period, international visitors spent a total of A $10.5 billion in the new state, up A $ three hundred and eighty nine million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine a year from a year earlier.
This not only refreshes the new state's travel data record, but also widens its advantage over other states.
In the year to June, the state received more than 1.4 million overseas visitors, the largest lead since June 2007, according to the data. In addition, the new state's leading advantage over Kunzhou has expanded to the largest ever, with 1.6 million more visitors per year.
Figures also show that eight of the top 10 favorite Australian attractions for international visitors are located in Sydney. Sydney Opera House (Sydney Opera House) topped the list, becoming the most visited attraction for international tourists. Last fiscal year, the number of visitors to the Sydney Opera House increased by 4%.
At the same time, the development of tourism in the remote areas of Xinzhou is booming. Overseas visits to the (Snowy Mountains) and Murray (Murray) regions rose 40 percent and 16 percent, respectively, to record highs. International visitors to the central coast (Central Coast) also increased by 29%.
New state tourism director Marshall (Adam Marshall) said it was nice to see more tourists out of the city and headed to rural, remote parts of the city. "according to these proud findings, the growth rate of international visitors in remote areas of New York is the highest in remote areas of Australia," he said. He said。
Moreover, while the growth in the number of new states' overseas visitors is still largely due to Chinese visitors, India is the fastest-growing market in terms of percentage growth in international visitors. In the year to June 2018, the number of Indian visitors to the new state rose 21 percent to a record 3.14 billion, and consumption rose 5 percent to A $1.5 billion.