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Chinese visitors boost tourism in Australia

Photo Courtesy: scmp.com The number of Chinese visitors to Australia has grown 13 per cent in a single year, latest data showed. A record high 1.3 million Chinese people visited Australia in the 12 months to June 2018 as per the latest International Visitor Survey (IVS), released by Tourism Research Australia (TRA) on Friday 2nd November 2018. During this period around 1.3 million tourists visited Australia, who spent 11.3 billion Australian dollars (8.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the country, which is 15 per cent more than that of the previous year. According to the IVS, Chinese visitors accounted for 81 ... Read more