The tourism in Australia continues to show positive signs as the number of Chinese visitors reached a record high in 2015. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), more than one million Chinese tourists took a trip to Australia last year.

ABS released the figures on Tuesday, Jan. 12, showing the influx of Chinese tourists to Australia. Just ahead of India, China continues to be the fastest tourism market for Australia.

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According to ABS, Chinese tourists increased by 21.6 percent to over a million last year. From 823,000 in 2014, an additional 177,900 Chinese tourists visited Australia in 2015, pushing over the one million mark.

This surge in tourism has made China Australia's most valuable market for tourism.

According to ABS, Chinese visitors spend more than $5.4 billion each year, including over $900 million on shopping. This amount to about 37 percent of all spending on shopping by international visitors in Australia.

The Tourism Research of Australia expects that the growth of Chinese visitors will double to two million this year, with their spending increasing by seven percent each year. More so, with the estimated growth in tourism, the revenue from this industry is calculated to reach $9.6 billion by 2024-2025.

The Australian government has identified Tourism as one of the five key National Investment Priorities. This has resulted in an increase in tourism infrastructure investment.

Tourism Australian managing director John O' Sullivan is pleased with the information released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. He said that the news isn't just gratifying for the tourism in Australia, but speaks more of the industry as a whole.

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