Tourism implications of AUD's strenght aginst most world c..

"Max Power" <mikehack.DeleteThis@washington.edu> wrote in message
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> 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
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On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:09:43 +1000, "David Bennetts"
<davibenne-nospam.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>
>"Max Power" <mikehack.TakeThisOut@washington.edu> 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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On 10/12/07 11:22 PM, in article edh0h3hsvsvl54sobl7dm667tv90638hph.DeleteThis@4ax.com,
"kangaroo16" <kangaroo16.DeleteThis@invalid.com> wrote:

<snip>

>
> Perhaps the Australian Tourist Commission should sponsor a
> contest in the US? They could call people at random and ask if
> there are kangaroos in Austria. Those that get the question
> wrong are out of the contest.
>
> More seriously, though, if they really want to increase tourism
> to Australia, they should seek "movers and shakers" of public
> opinion in the US.

>
> Let the fun began!
>
> Cheers,
> Kangaroo16
>
>
About a year ago the Australian Tourist Commission put out an absolutely
priceless series of TV commercials. There were pictures of various parts of
the country. One of which I remember was a camel in the outback. Written
over it was, "Where the bloody hell are you?" All the pictures had the same
sentence.

What a hullaballoo! The CBC objected to the word hell. Hell, that is close
to Victorian English on that channel. They often use words that would curl
your hair. The BBC objected to the word bloody. My husband's reaction to
that was, "What's the fuss. I thought they invented the word!" None of it of
course was suitable for the USA. You would think that networks that
broadcast Benny Hill or Monty Python, etc. would have no trouble with those
two words.

Martha Canada
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Let us not forget the Antipodian Benny Hill: Paul Hogan.
The Paul Hogan TV series in Australia is locked up in a vualt, very far from
DVD release.
His tourism ads were classic, only Michael Caton (Strange Bedfellows, AU,
2004 -- from the ATN-7 nets comedy series) could do anywhere near equavalant
ads.

>> Perhaps the Australian Tourist Commission should sponsor a
>> contest in the US? They could call people at random and ask if
>> there are kangaroos in Austria. Those that get the question
>> wrong are out of the contest.
>>
>> More seriously, though, if they really want to increase tourism
>> to Australia, they should seek "movers and shakers" of public
>> opinion in the US.
>
>>
>> Let the fun began!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kangaroo16
>>
>>
> About a year ago the Australian Tourist Commission put out an absolutely
> priceless series of TV commercials. There were pictures of various parts
> of
> the country. One of which I remember was a camel in the outback. Written
> over it was, "Where the bloody hell are you?" All the pictures had the
> same
> sentence.
>
> What a hullaballoo! The CBC objected to the word hell. Hell, that is close
> to Victorian English on that channel. They often use words that would curl
> your hair. The BBC objected to the word bloody. My husband's reaction to
> that was, "What's the fuss. I thought they invented the word!" None of it
> of
> course was suitable for the USA. You would think that networks that
> broadcast Benny Hill or Monty Python, etc. would have no trouble with
> those
> two words.
>
> Martha Canada
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