Canberra registers record number of foreign tourist arrivals & spending

Monday, November 12, 2018

Canberra has registered record number of foreign tourist arrivals, ACT government said in a press statement. For the year ending June 2018, the number of international overnight visitors jumped to 248,914 representing a 12.4 per cent growth on June 2017 Tourism Research Australia figures, which was double the national average.

These visitors injected a record $647.4 million into the ACT economy, a growth of 20.9 per cent in the past 12 months. They stayed for another record total of 5,688,836 nights, up 24.1 per cent from the previous year and well ahead of the national growth rate of 1.4 per cent. The visitors are also staying longer, averaging 22.9 nights.

China remains Canberra’s largest source market at 19.0 per cent of international visitors followed by the United States of America (9.5 per cent), the United Kingdom (8.2 per cent), New Zealand (7.3 per cent) and India (5.7 per cent).

Travel trade events, engagement with travel trade and media as well as cooperative campaigns with online travel agents and Singapore Airlines form the basis of the ACT Government’s proactive marketing efforts to promote the destination internationally.

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