North Queensland Airports Investment Overview
Forecast Asian Visitor Arrivals to Australia
17.0%
16.0%
15.0%
14.0%
13.0%
12.0%
11.0%
10.0%
9.0%
8.0%
7.0%
6.0%
5.0%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
-1.0%
Total Asia
Japan
China Singapore South Malaysia Hong
Korea
Kong
India
Indonesia Other Asia
Shared tourism goals
Shared objective to drive passenger
volume growth from high growth Asian
markets
Air services development is a major
focus
Australia has higher growth targets for
Asian market: forecast 7.0% p.a. growth
for Asian visitors to Australia 2009-2014,
versus New Zealand 3.8% p.a.
Australia is forecast to continue to grow
strongly until at least 2018 - see chart
opposite)
• Cairns particularly well placed to benefit as
tourism and economic conditions improve
- Well located within 5-7 hours flying distance
of China and a number of rapidly growing
Asian tourism markets
2009-2018 CAGR
A
| Auckland
Airport
Source: Tourism Australia
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