Murray Region Smashes Visitor Night and Spend Records

The Murray region continues its dominance as a leading tourist destination with new data revealing visitors are staying longer and spending more than ever before.

According to Tourism Research Australia figures, visitors stayed a record 10.3 million nights and spent an all time high of $1.9 billion in the year ended 30 June 2019 – growth of 5.2 per cent and 7 per cent respectively.

These record breaking results show unprecedented growth and were driven by significant increases in international overnight stays (up 22.6 per cent to 1.8 million nights) and expenditure by international visitors (up 17.4 per cent to $77 million) and domestic daytrip visitors (up 16.9 per cent to $526 million).

The region also maintained its outstanding visitor numbers welcoming 6.4 million visitors during the period, up 0.2 per cent.

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