NSW Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said Tourism Research Australia figures highlight international visitors to NSW spent more than $9 billion for the first time – up 18 per cent on the previous year.
“In the year to June 2016, there were 3.6 million overseas visitors who stayed almost 87 million nights and spent $9.1 billion in NSW – more than 35 per cent higher than any other state and close to 50 per cent more overnight stays,” Mr Ayres said.
“Tourism has a massive impact on employment, with analysis highlighting NSW tourism supports almost 270,000 jobs, with around two thirds employed in one of the State’s 93,600 tourism businesses.
“China is the largest source of international visitors and continues to lead NSW’s tourism growth. We saw 639,000 visitors from China travelling to NSW over the 12-month period – up 21 per cent on the previous year.
“There was also huge growth in visitors from the US and Korea with both markets up by 16 per cent. In fact, NSW was the top destination for the year in 11 of the top 15 source markets for Australia: China, United Kingdom, USA, South Korea, Germany, India, Hong Kong, Canada, France, Taiwan and Indonesia.”
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