Australia's Travel Influence

Australia's Travel Influence

For a country with such a small population, Australia carries a lot of weight in the international travel area. I don't have hard numbers to back this up, but I imagine that a higher percentage of Australians have traveled overseas when compared with Americans and perhaps other western-based tourists. Australia's impact on its smaller neighbors is especially large: Fiji Visitors Bureau wants the Government to improve health facilities in the west as it embarks on aggressive marketing to lure the 'silver market' while Australia important for Tahiti tourism growth. New Caledonia, Bali and NZ also get a heavy number of visitors.