The latest official statistics show that the slowdown in the number of Chinese tourists is partially offset by the growth of tourists from India, Japan, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
Against the backdrop of tensions between Beijing and Canberra and China’s economic slowdown, the Australian Trade Bureau released data on Wednesday that the number of Chinese tourists visiting Australia increased by only 2,9% in the year to March.
Although China is still the largest source of Australian tourists, this increase is the lowest since 2010.
But the data shows that the promotion of tourists from South Asia and Southeast Asia has achieved results.
The number of visitors from India increased by 14.6% to 342,694, and consumption increased by 12% to 1.7 billion.
But Indians have different access methods than other countries.
53% of Indian visitors are visiting friends and family, compared to only 30% in other countries.
Indians stayed in Australia for an average of 61 days, almost twice the average, but 57% lived in the homes of friends and family.
The result is that the average Indian consumption is low, only 4,933 yuan, and the average is 5,195 yuan.
In the 1980s, Japanese tourists who led the tourism boom grew 8.6% to 437,547, while Taiwanese tourists increased 6.1% to 185,275.
Indonesian tourists increased by 5.9% to 186,752 people.
Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham said that there are more than 1.3 million tourists from India, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia each year, injecting $5 billion into the Australian economy.
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