Foreign visitors increased by 5.5%

Queensland remains a popular tourist destination, with an increase of more than 5% in the number of international visitors to the Sunshine State.

According to preliminary figures published by the International Visitor Survey, Queensland had 2.7 million international visitors. March to March 2018, an increase of 5.5% from the previous year

Figures do not include international tourists who arrived in Queensland in April to attend the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Destination Gold Coast General Manager Martin Winter said the numbers were extremely positive, but he was cautious about the interim results because they did not specify the number of visitors.

He said that the Scenic Rim statistics were included in the Brisbane data and not in the Gold Coast statistics and "I would caution against the results because the quality of the main objective of the visiting data on passengers provided to the TRA by the Ministry of the Interior was identified as a concern, "he added. "We must also keep in mind that the Scenic Rim figures are no longer calculated in the Gold Coast area."

Tourism spending on the Gold Coast reached a record $ 1.3 billion (10.6%), surpassing the growth rates of Queensland (6.4) and Australia (6.9%). , 7)

"It is encouraging to see an increase in visitor spending of 10.6%, which was a concern in the past". ]

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