On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:09:43 +1000, "David Bennetts"
wrote:
>
>"Max Power" wrote in message
>news:feh4k7$ah2$1@gnus01.u.washington.edu...
>> Tourism implications of AUD's strenght aginst most world currencies (save
>> NZD and CAD, where near parity has been in place for years)...
>>
>> My view per the USD case:
>> 1. Americans only vacation for 2 weeks a year, and only the truly wealthy
>> can afford to go to Australia for any lenght of time -- so no real change.
>> 2. The US is so raft with internal economic corruption (like Russia, I
>> know...) that the USD has no choice but to reach parity.
>>
>> Your thoughts:
>Rather irrelevant, as US visitors to Australia don't make up a large
>percentage of our inbound tourism market.
>I'd suggest high airfares across the Pacific through a lack of competition
>among airlines are a problem in attracting North American visitors - much
>cheaper for them to visit Europe.
>
>Regards
>
>David Bennetts
>
Another of the main reasons off course is that many of them have not a
clue where Australia is !!
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