Australia could consider developing an attraction similar to Dubai’s Atlantis Palm resort to help attract more overseas visitors, claims a conference speaker.
In particular, he called for the creation of new ambitious projects and infrastructure developments to ensure the country continues to compete with emerging holiday destinations.
“We need to be imaginative and think very laterally,” explained Professor Harper.
He added: “If we were to keep our share constant we would have to build a whole bunch of new hotels and rebuild our tourism structure.”
According to Tourism Australia, a total of 4.2 million visitors arrived in the country in the first nine months of 2010 – six per cent more than during the same period in 2009.
Written by Ruth Norris.
