Despite having what former PM Paul Keating describes as outdated tourism infrastructure, Chinese travellers are still more keen than ever to visit Australia.
According to a new study conducted by booking website, Hotels.com, Australia is number one amongst Chinese travellers for the second year running, with many saying it’s on the bucket list to visit over the next 12 months.
Main cities, Sydney and Melbourne were number one and two on the list of top cities Chinese travellers say they would live to visit in the next year. This puts Australia’s two biggest cities ahead of other major global cities like Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Brisbane made it to tenth most desired city, just after Jeju in South Korea.
Meanwhile, on the most desired attractions list, Chinese travellers say they’re most keen to see the Pyramids of Egypt followed by Mount Fuji in Japan.
While Australia’s icons missed out on the top five spots, we did manage to sneak in at sixth and seventh place with the Sydney Opera House and Heart Reef followed by Uluru in tenth spot.
With the Australian dollar falling, more than 840,000 visitors from China arrived Down Under in 2014, representing an increase of more than 18 per cent on the previous year.
Check out the full list of top 10 countries Chinese travellers say they would like to visit in the next 12 months:
10. Taiwan
9. Thailand
8. Germany
7. Maldives
6. USA
5. South Korea
4. Hong Kong
3. France
2. Japan
1. Australia
