AUSTRALIA - tourism told eco and indigenous tourism key for foreign visitor growth

eTN, 2-7-2007

A tourism body in Australia is saying Australia should look into eco and indigenous tourism if it wants to increase its foreign visitor traffic.
The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) has said developing indigenous and eco tourism product and experiences are the major keys for the Australian tourism industry to increasing international visitor growth over the next decade. This development comes as the latest Tourism Forecasting Committee (TFC) figures recently revealed that 8.8 million international visitors were predicted to come to Australia annually by 2016, an average increase of 4.9 percent per year. By comparison, Australians traveling overseas were predicted to increase by an average 5.2 percent to 8.1 million trips.

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