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| Australia |
More and more visitors to Australia
are arriving from China and Japan. They are
attracted by the many tourist attractions that Australia has to offer, its
friendly people, and wonderful weather.
The overseas arrivals in the first quarter of 2012 grew 4.1
per cent compared to the same quarter in 2011. During the quarter there were
nearly 200,000 Chinese visitors to Australia, which was a 10.7 per
cent increase, and Japanese arrivals rose 5.8 per cent to 98,000.
There was also an increase in longhaul markets such as the US and UK. Martin Ferguson, Australian
Minister for Tourism, said "A recovery in arrivals is now more evident
from the US, which has
increased by 3.3 percent and the UK, which rose by 3.1 percent,
despite relative weakness in their respective economies,” he was quoted by Agence
France-Presse as saying.
Meanwhile, the main underperforming markets were Malaysia and Germany.
Mr Ferguson said that improved flight access was as a key
driver in the growth of inbound tourism. "The Australian government
has been in negotiations to continue to expand our airlines' access to the
world and to allow foreign carriers to increase their access to Australia."
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| China Southern Airlines |
Airlines such as China Southern Airlines, which doubled
its Guangzhou-Melbourne services to twice-daily last October and launched
thrice-weekly Beijing-Perth flights a month later, are leading the way to
provide adequate air connectivity for Chinese tourists looking to travel to Australia.
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