VISITORS spent more than $4.6 billion on the Gold Coast in the past year -- the largest amount since the global financial crisis.Figures released by Tourism Research Australia show total visitor spending on the Gold Coast in the 12 months to the end of June was up a bumper 12 per cent -- or $512 million -- on the year before.It is the largest spend since 2007, prior to the GFC,Cheap Toms shoes.International and domestic overnight visitors contributed 13 per cent more than last year, while day-trip visitor expenditure increased by 5 per cent.The solid growth comes despite a 2 per cent decline in visitor numbers, from 11.466 million to 11.190 million.The biggest decline was day-trippers -- visitors who traditionally spend the least time in the city -- which dropped 4 per cent,true religion outlet.There was 1 per cent growth in domestic overnight numbers as well as a 1 per cent increase in international travellers, a figure buoyed by the arrival of Scoot airlines -- which lands five times a week from Singapore -- in June. We could not be happier with these results, said Gold Coast Tourism boss Martin Winter. We would rather see a drop in visitor numbers and an increase in spending because that is what creates the jobs,douuo.com/burberry. The Gold Coast tourism industry has bounced back to pre-GFC levels and that needs to be acknowledged and credited to the aggressive approach of the Gold Coast tourism industry,Hogan Scarpe, its operators, and the commitment of Gold Coast City Council. I would be surprised if we went backwards from these figures now, unless there was a major national or international catastrophe or the dollar bounced up to $1,pilewu.com/truereligionjeans.20,sac longchamp. He said the figures should give the city s 500 tourism businesses and our 30,000 full time tourism employees confidence. These results are a positive indicator and deserve to be recognised but they do not give us any reason to relax, Mr Winter said. The Australian travel market is more competitive than ever and current conditions require us to lead the Gold Coast tourism industry in an even more aggressive way. He said, for example, the next major Brisbane campaign was taking a very different approach to destination marketing. We have set targets for it to generate an additional 73,000 overnight visitors and an extra $34 million in visitor expenditure for the Gold Coast, he said,http://www.pilewu.com.
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