Tourism in Australia

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
In terms of GDP, inbound tourism accounted for $7.6 billion of total GDP in 2003-04, an increase of 5.1% since 2002-03 according to research published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The inbound tourism share of GDP was 1.0% in 2003-04.

Tourism Export Earnings
in 2003-04, international visitors consumed $17.3 billion worth of goods and services produced by the Australian economy.

This was 12% of the total export of goods and services.

Employment
The tourism industry employed 536,700 people in 2003-04, a 0.8% decrease on 2002-03.

Retail trade generated the most employment.

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