Australia should recreate Dubai, claims expert

Australia could consider developing an attraction similar to Dubai's Atlantis Palm resort to help attract more overseas visitors, claims a conference speaker.

By Southall Travel -Tuesday, November 16, 2010 11:08 AM

Australia should recreate Dubai, claims expert

Australia could consider developing an attraction similar to Dubai's Atlantis Palm resort to help attract more overseas visitors, claims a conference speaker.

Speaking ahead of the Australian Tourism Directions Conference, Professor Ian Harper explained that more investment needs to be made to ensure that holidaymakers continue to be tempted to take flights to Australia.

In particular, he called for the creation of new ambitious projects and infrastructure developments to ensure the country continues to compete with emerging holiday destinations.

"We need to be imaginative and think very laterally," explained Professor Harper.

He added: "If we were to keep our share constant we would have to build a whole bunch of new hotels and rebuild our tourism structure."

According to Tourism Australia, a total of 4.2 million visitors arrived in the country in the first nine months of 2010 - six per cent more than during the same period in 2009.

Written by Ruth Norris.
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