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(20.06.2007 )
Australian properties A booming tourism sector in Darwin, Australia

Darwin features a strong tourist industry and the region’s Crocodile Dundee image attracts tourists and seekers of holiday homes in Australia from all over the world to the splendors of Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks, the Katherine Gorge to the South and the Tiwi Islands just 100klms to the north of Australia.  Tourism is now the Territory’s biggest employer.
• There is a chronic shortage of quality hotel rooms currently available
• The NT Government has committed more than $60 million into tourism infrastructure and an additional $27.5 million is being spent overseas selling Destination Darwin. This campaign alone is expected to create 950 additional jobs. (Source NT News 15/11/04) 
• Access Economics forecast a 28% + increase in international arrivals this year.
• The Ghan, one of the world’s great trains provides a transcontinental link to Adelaide 2,979 klms in the south of Australia with touring options along the way at Alice Springs (just 280miles from Ayers Rock - the world’s largest monolith) and Katherine Gorge.  This train alone brings 1,000 tourists a week to Darwin and extra Ghan trains have been added to cope with the demand.  From Adelaide it links with rail services to Perth in the West, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane in the East.
• Aboriginal land and culture is a major draw card for thousands of visitors to Darwin each year. The presence of indigenous art and culture in the Northern Territory is stronger here than anywhere else in Australia.
• Qantas has added 750 more seats weekly on the Sydney-Darwin route during the Dry and Virgin Blue will be offering a daily Sydney service during the next three months. 
• Cruise ship visitors contribute more than $10 million annually to the NT economy. Eighteen cruise ships are scheduled to berth in the next 10 months.

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