kier
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Post by kier on Jun 26, 2005 4:46:41 GMT -5
A TV report last night showed that tourists to NZ have risen by............1,500 - approx 10% of the average initial predictions.
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Post by kelvinn on Jun 26, 2005 5:42:54 GMT -5
Really?! How interesting, we were lead to belive the whole of the south of England had gone over to watch! Surely not more over hyped bollocks from rfu?!
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Post by TexasRattlesnake on Jun 27, 2005 6:32:45 GMT -5
They lost. Ha-ha !!!
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Post by rus on Jul 1, 2005 7:39:20 GMT -5
Just in case you thought the union world cup increased the tourists to Australia-here is the figure:
I will give a disertation later why such events stuff the economy.
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Post by bizzaro on Jul 3, 2005 23:36:08 GMT -5
Just in case you thought the union world cup increased the tourists to Australia-here is the figure: I will give a disertation later why such events stuff the economy. You would expect most sane people to stay away knowing that the country would be full of rah-rahs
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Post by Basil2 on Jul 5, 2005 19:13:13 GMT -5
Just in case you thought the union world cup increased the tourists to Australia-here is the figure: I will give a disertation later why such events stuff the economy. Could it be that people going to such events simply take up available seats on flights? Result - no net gain in tourists. Obviously during the ruwc there was a large increase in rugby tourists heading to aus. perhaps they took seats that under normal conditions would have been taken up by ordinary tourists. That might explain the tourist arrivals figures.
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Post by St.John on Jul 6, 2005 4:48:58 GMT -5
Just in case you thought the union world cup increased the tourists to Australia-here is the figure: I will give a disertation later why such events stuff the economy. Could it be that people going to such events simply take up available seats on flights? Result - no net gain in tourists. Obviously during the ruwc there was a large increase in rugby tourists heading to aus. perhaps they took seats that under normal conditions would have been taken up by ordinary tourists. That might explain the tourist arrivals figures. Then where were the "ordinary" tourists? Are you saying the RUWC actually scared off "normal" tourists? Now there's an idea that we haven't heard from the Union authorities: "We brought lots of people to the country, but scared off a shitload more, so we come out about even!"
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Post by Basil2 on Jul 6, 2005 15:17:30 GMT -5
Could it be that people going to such events simply take up available seats on flights? Result - no net gain in tourists. Obviously during the ruwc there was a large increase in rugby tourists heading to aus. perhaps they took seats that under normal conditions would have been taken up by ordinary tourists. That might explain the tourist arrivals figures. Then where were the "ordinary" tourists? Are you saying the RUWC actually scared off "normal" tourists? Now there's an idea that we haven't heard from the Union authorities: "We brought lots of people to the country, but scared off a shitload more, so we come out about even!" I'm supposing no extra flights were put on by airlines. With the extra "rugby tourists" coming to aus it would have meant fewer seats available for non-rugby tourists, if you get my drift. Purely speculative of course! Obviously the place was full of people who had come for the ruwc - we even got them up here at Nelson Bay. Usually poms envious of our beaches, women & beer!
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kier
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Post by kier on Jul 6, 2005 17:22:56 GMT -5
Envious of the beer? Don't push it! :-)
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Post by Clive_Woody on Aug 1, 2005 8:55:57 GMT -5
Just in case you thought the union world cup increased the tourists to Australia-here is the figure: I will give a disertation later why such events stuff the economy. Would you happen to have a month by month breakdown for those years of numbers of visitors? ;D
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Post by rus on Aug 1, 2005 19:53:22 GMT -5
I have not at the moment Clive, but here is an article from the Cairns Post that might help.
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Post by rus on Aug 1, 2005 20:55:38 GMT -5
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Post by rus on Aug 1, 2005 20:59:33 GMT -5
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Post by Clive_Woody on Aug 4, 2005 8:17:58 GMT -5
Interesting, but you only have to watch your Rugby World Cup DVDs to see how many Lions shirts there were in the crowds for all the games. Lions tours always have big followings and put a lot of money into local economies. I have read a lot of comments from Kiwis about how many Lions fans travelled to NZ for the recent Lions tour and how well behaved they were despite drinking many towns dry. ;D
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Post by rus on Aug 7, 2005 21:05:01 GMT -5
Clive I think you will find the aggregate effect of the union WC was that it was a drag on the Australian economy. Non union tourist either abandoned or delayed their vist to Australia because of the WC. The figures & tourist chiefs assert the WC was the cause of the total decline in tourists visiting Australia during the WC tournament. (Have you an alternative explanation for the tourist drop-off during the WC?) Btw I have no doubt the cities that staged games benefited for the (mainly) pom & NZ tourists but the cost was borne by those areas which did not have games. (See the Cairns Post article). Much has been made that the union types when they visit countries are more likely to bring further investment, business, trade, knowhow etc. than other tourists. This is why the Austrade (Australian government trade department) financed a Rugby Business Club. www.stroudgate.net/rbca/articles/012.htmlSuffice to say this initiative was probably counterproductibe. One of the ambassadors was David Nucifora (then the ACT Btumbies coach) - a former Brisbane used car salesman. For your homework please read the following: www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2004/feddep/FinalEconomicImpactOfRWC2003.pdf
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