Figure shows Australia's domestic trips falls in last 12 months
CANBERRA, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Australians have been taking one less holiday at domestic trips each year, and being enticed on more overseas trips due to cheap flights and the strong Australian dollar, figures released on Wednesday showed.
The peak national industry body, Tourism & Transport Forum (TTF) , said the March Quarter National Visitor Survey results showed overnight trips for the year ending March 2010 fell by 2.7 percent, while visitor nights were down 1.3 percent and spending 0.2 percent lower compared to the previous Replica A Lange & Sohne Watches 12 months.
TTF executive director Brett Gale said these figures continue a longer term trend.
sexy lingerie Domestic overnight visitor numbers had fallen by 9.4 percent from 72.9 million for the year ending March 1999 to 66.0 million in the year ending March 2010.
Over the same period the Australian population grew by 3.2 million, or 17 percent.
"It means Australians are effectively taking one fewer domestic holiday each year," Gale said in a statement.
"In recent years, Australians have been traveling overseas in growing numbers, attracted by low airfares and the strong Australian dollar.
"This shows the challenge facing tourism marketing agencies which are up against competition from hundreds of international destinations, many of which are targeting Australians due to the relative strength of the national economy."
Gale said the ongoing slide in domestic tourism showed the need for the national long-term tourism strategy to be well-funded and backed by industry.
"We also need to continue Replica Breguet Watches to properly fund state tourism and major events organizations, which play a key role in marketing domestic tourism," he said.
The new figures have showed the number of overnight domestic trips taken by Australians has fallen by 23 percent on a per capita basis since 1999.
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