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Essentials 2 February 2012

Kiwis have a hundred more reasons to cross the Tasman, thanks to a new month-long digital campaign from Tourism Australia New Zealand, Fairfax media and Qantas.

Essentials 25 January 2012

The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and the Minister for Tourism have invited public comment on a new template labour agreement to help the tourism and hospitality sectors attract skilled workers from overseas.

Essentials 18 January 2012

The Minister for Tourism travelled to the US for the annual G’Day USA event to promote Australia as a premium investment and tourism destination.

Essentials 11 January 2012

Tourism Australia’s Facebook page has surpassed two million worldwide fans, making it both Australia’s largest Facebook page and the most popular tourism destination page on the planet.

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Katherine Droga, Tourism Australia's Regional General Manager for Continental Europe, reports on European market performance and the importance travel agent training from Corroboree Europe 2011, held in Darwin.

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Visitor Arrivals

December 2011

  • There were 5.9 million visitor arrivals for calendar year 2011, a decrease of 0.2 relative to the previous year.
  • There were 673,600 visitor arrivals during December 2011, a decrease of 0.5 per cent relative to the same month of the previous year.

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