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Article: QLD: Gold Coast Tourism targets Chinese
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- June 2, 2008
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AAP General News (Australia)
06-02-2008
QLD: Gold Coast Tourism targets Chinese
GOLD COAST, June 2 AAP - Chinese tourists make up the newest growth market on the Gold
Coast, a conference has heard.
The number of Chinese visitors to the glitter strip increased to 112,000 in 2007, a
jump of 65 per cent from the previous year, Gold Coast Tourism corporate relations director
Stephen Holle said.
Speaking at a forum at the 2008 Tourism Futures conference on the Gold Coast today,
Mr Holle said attracting the overseas market, especially the Asian market, had become
a key priority in their five-year plan to increase visitation.
"China is one of the key areas where we ...