Brisbane on top as American, Asian tourists flock to city
The latest data from Tourism Research Australia shows Brisbane delivered 38 per cent of the state's visitation (2.3 million) between January and March this year, with an added 31 per cent of visitor expenditure ($2 billion) and 30 per cent of visitor nights (6.9 million).
During the same period, visitation from international holidaymakers increased by nearly 20 per cent year-on-year, with a total of 594,000 visitors.
Tourism Research Australia said Brisbane set records for visitation from the USA, Indonesia and India, with visitation from China growing 28.4 per cent year-on-year as a result of added direct flights.
The previous period saw record visitation from Canada, India and Thailand.
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The Crisafulli government's 20-year tourism strategy, announced earlier this month, included a new Connecting Queensland Fund to unlock new air routes and drive international growth.
The fund was pitched to initially focus on delivering direct flights from India and South-East Asia, and adding routes to hubs such as Kuala Lumpur and the Middle East.
India is now the world's most populous nation, and is the largest economic market within range that does not have any direct routes to and from Brisbane Airport.
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