Assessment 1: Fact Sheet This assessment is for these students only:Gold Coast; Melbourne - Hotel School; Online; Sydney - Hotel School. Assessment Group/ individual Learning outcomes Grading...

Factsheet for location: SYDNEY
The number of international visitors has been on a rise. The data collected is from Sept,2009 to Sept, 2017. The overall change in percentage terms from the last year has been 8.7 % while there has been increase of 55.9% over the span of 9 years.
     
    No. of International Visitors in Sydney
     
    Sept'09
    Sept'10
    Sept'11
    Sept'12
    Sept'13
    Sept'14
    Sept'15
    Sept'16
    Sept'17
    Visitors('000)
    2454.3
    2619.9
    2549.5
    2600.8
    2779.1
    2953.2
    3120.3
    3521.5
    3826.9
The trend has only declined in 2011. Expect that there has been increasing trend throughout the period.
Economic Impact of tourism
The tourism in Sydney has generated an employment of 136000 that include contribution of overall tourism. In terms of GRP the value is 19147 million dollars.
    Direct tourism Contribution
    Total tourism Contribution
    GRP ($m)
    Employment ('000)
    GRP($m)
    Employment ('000)
    10,012
    82.6
    19,147
    136.9
The city has seen incoming of visitors from various parts of world. But the top 5 cities from which highest incoming traffic of travelers come have been identified. This include China, USA, New Zealand, United Kingdom and South Korea. The highest rise has been from China while there has been negligible difference in incoming tourist from UK. As per latest data, the highest number of tourist that visit Sydney belong to Chinese Origin (Destinationnsw.com.au., 2018).
    Top 5 international source market to Sydney
    Visitors('000)
     
    Sept'09
    Sept'10
    Sept'11
    Sept'12
    Sept'13
    Sept'14
    Sept'15
    Sept'16
    Sept'17
    China
    219
    266.8
    278.6
    335.1
    399.8
    435.6
    525.8
    653.5
    732.4
    USA
    264.5
    282.9
    250.8
    260.6
    273.6
    301.8
    318
    383.3
    421.4
    New Zealand
    299.9
    324.9
    321.7
    330.9
    331.3
    335.4
    352.4
    364.5
    358.1
    United...