Backpackers strong
March 10, 2010
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ATEC has hailed the results of Tourism Australia’s International Visitor Survey for Dec, which showed inbound numbers in the backpacker sector up 2% to 570,000 and expenditure up by 10.4% to almost $3.5 billion.
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