Tourism Australia reported (19-Feb-2018) visitor arrivals to Australia. Details include:
- Dec-2017:
- Visitor arrivals: 1.0 million, +3.5% year-on-year;
- New Zealand: 125,500, -3.1%;
- UK: 123,700, +5.9%;
- China: 111,000, +11.7%;
- US: 94,900, +4.7%;
- Singapore: 52,400, -9.7%;
- Visitor arrivals: 1.0 million, +3.5% year-on-year;
- 2017:
- Visitor arrivals: 8.8 million, +6.5%.
According to the CAPA Tourism Database, Australia saw the highest visitor arrivals since 2009 in 2017. [more - original PR]