新南威尔士州的国际游客数量已超过疫情前的水平，促进了该州的旅游业发展。 新南威尔士州的游客经济取得了破纪录的一年，游客总支出创下 529 亿澳元的新高。 截至 2024 年 6 月，新南威尔士州共接待了 1.016 亿国内外游客。 澳大利亚旅游研究局的数据显示，国际游客的住宿夜数和消费额已超过新冠疫情之前的水平，在此期间达到创纪录的 122 亿澳元。 新南威尔士州是澳大利亚国际游客的最大目的地，共有 370 万海外游客到访该州（增长 35.6% ），住宿晚数达 9910 万晚（增长 46.2% ）。 悉尼是澳大利亚游客最多的首府城市。该市接待了 3750 万名国内外游客，消费额达 268 亿澳元，比截至 2019 年 6 月的一年增长了 20% 。 新南威尔士州偏远地区是该时期澳大利亚偏远地区最受欢迎的旅游目的地，共接待了 6540 万名国内外游客。 新南威尔士州就业和旅游部长约翰·格雷厄姆指出，这些数据证明新南威尔士州是澳大利亚的首选旅游目的地，引领该国国际游客复苏。 他说：“我们州拥有令人难以置信的深度和广度的独特体验，游客都喜欢向他们的朋友和家人讲述这些体验。” “感谢我们全州世界一流的旅游企业，感谢他们的辛勤工作，为我们带来了这些难忘的时刻，确保了新南威尔士州保持其作为澳大利亚领先游客经济体的地位。” 新南威尔士州旅游局首席执行官史蒂夫·考克斯 (Steve Cox) 表示：“新南威尔士州继续打破游客经济增长记录，新南威尔士州旅游局致力于利用该州的优势，加快国际游客人数恢复到 2019 年的水平。 “该州提供多样而引人入胜的目的地和体验，激发、震撼和振奋游客，留下永久的回忆，鼓励他们一次又一次地回来。”

The NSW visitor economy reported a record-breaking year in FY24, achieving a new high of $52.9 billion in total expenditure and exceeding pre-pandemic levels for both international visitor nights and spending – hitting $12.2 billion in the year to June 2024. The latest Tourism Research Australia (TRA) data shows NSW was Australia’s top destination for international visitors, visitor nights and expenditure during the period. The NSW visitor economy’s top three international source markets were the US, New Zealand and China – with China overtaking the UK to take out third place in FY24. International visitor spending rose to $11.1 billion in Sydney and $1.2 billion in regional NSW, surpassing expenditure during the same period in 2019. Overall, the NSW visitor economy welcomed 101.6 million domestic and international visitors in FY24. Sydney was the number one Australian capital city for visitors, visitor nights and expenditure in FY24. It received 37.5 million international and domestic visitors who spent $26.8 billion – 20 per cent on pre-pandemic levels. NSW Tourism Minister John Graham said: “The latest data confirms that NSW is Australia’s number one destination for both domestic and international visitors.” “NSW attracted record-breaking visitor expenditure throughout the last financial year and is leading Australia’s international visitor revival.” NSW aims to be the premier visitor economy in the Asia-Pacific region by 2030. Destination NSW CEO Steve Cox said: “NSW continues to break its own records for visitor economy growth and Destination NSW has a laser focus on leveraging the state’s strengths to fast-track the return of international visitation to 2019 levels.” In the 12 months to June 2024, Australia received eight million international visitors – up 2.1 million (36%) on the previous year but still 1.4 million visitors down (15%) on 2019 levels. For More info, Click. ( destinationnsw.com.au )

Today represents a historic moment for Qantas as the Flying Kangaroo launches its first-ever A380 flight to Johannesburg. The launch marks the Aussie carrier’s debut of the Airbus superjumbo in Africa and signifies a major expansion of Qantas' presence in the continent. Marking the first A380 flights across the Southern Indian Ocean, Qantas’ upgauged service will operate up to six times per week, nearly doubling capacity and offering an additional 130,000 seats between Australia and Africa annually. In addition to the A380 service, Qantas has announced plans to relaunch direct flights between Perth and Johannesburg in mid-2025. The dual service – Sydney-Johannesburg and Perth-Johannesburg – shows how Southern Africa, and in particular South Africa, could be featuring in the holiday plans of more and more Aussie travellers. But it’s also great news for two-tourism. And QF’s increased capacity will certainly help facilitate this. In September, Qantas also unveiled a new non-stop service between Melbourne and Honolulu ( https://karryon.com.au/industry-news/airline/qantas-links-melb-honolulu/ ) from early May 2025 and kicked off its new Brisbane-Port Vila (Vanuatu) service ( https://karryon.com.au/industry-news/qantas-starts-first-bne-port-vila/ ).

why now is the time to jump onboard ocean cruising. In perfect timing for cruise month, Carnival Splendor returned to Australia in September, fresh from an extensive refurb in Singapore and ready to sail year-round from Sydney. Diamond Princess also arrived in Sydney last month – and some 60 more cruise ships will make their way Down Under ( https://karryon.com.au/industry-news/cruise/cruise-ships-australia-24-25/ ) for the summer cruise season. Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Managing Director Australasia, Joel Katz says the 2024-25 summer will be another busy season for cruising. “Australia will host a total of 62 cruise ships over the 2024-25 summer season, which is among the busiest schedules we’ve seen in local waters,” says Katz. AO Travel 撰稿

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