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Article: QLD: Gold Coast tourism takes a hit
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- June 10, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
06-10-2009
QLD: Gold Coast tourism takes a hit
By Crystal Ja
GOLD COAST, June 10 AAP - The Gold Coast's international tourism market has taken a
massive hit as the global financial crisis bites.
In the year to the end of March, 60,000 fewer international tourists visited the iconic
Queensland strip.
That's a fall of 7.8 per cent on the previous year, new figures released by Tourism
Australia show.
The figures, drawn from the tourism group's annual International Visitor Survey, reflect
flagging tourism activity across Australia, which suffered an overall fall of 1.6 per
cent.
Gold Coast Tourism chief executive Martin Winter said the figures proved what ...