Australia says China will become its biggest tourist source in the next 5-10 years

International Online report: Australia's new Tourism bureau director McEvoy 24th that China will become Australia's largest tourist source in the next 5-10 years. McEvoy said at a luncheon meeting of the Australian Foreign Correspondents Association that the number of Chinese visitors to Australia has increased year after 1999 when China approved Australia and New Zealand as the first destinations for tourism.　　2009 years of tourism in China (excluding Hong Kong and Macao) visitors to 366,300 people, than 2008 growth of 3%, after New Zealand, Britain and the United States, ranked fourth. McEvoy said China is one of the five target markets for the Australian Tourism Board. This year, the Australian Tourism Board will take the opportunity of the Shanghai World Expo to promote Australian tourism to the Chinese people. He is confident that China will become Australia's biggest tourist destination in the near future.