Western Melbourne Tourism Conference February

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The Avalon Advantage An Introduction to Avalon Airport 3

The Avalon Advantage An Introduction to Avalon Airport 4

Introduction  One parallel runway and one cross runway;  Direct rail link to Avalon Airport;  Expansion of the existing terminal facility to accommodate domestic and international passenger operations to approx. 5 million;  Additional passenger and freight terminals; Master Plan

Introduction  No changes to the curfew free status of the aerodrome;  The provision to accommodate general aviation operations;  The provision to establish a commercial and retail zone; and  Australian International Airshow continuation to 2025 (subject to other requirements). Master Plan

Business Diversification Master Plan 7 New terminal Sport & Rec precinct Commercial & retail precinct Above grade rail link Princes Fwy Freight hub Hotels and other commercial

Rail link Rail Link 8

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The Avalon Advantage The importance of Asia - Tourism Asian Markets continue to increase in importance. For year ending September 2013, visitors from Asian markets accounted for almost one-half of total international visitors to Victoria (47%, or 906,200), compared to just over a third in 2008 (37%, or 551,700). Visitors from Asian markets to Victoria have grown by 10.4% per annum over the last five years, while Western Hemisphere markets have increased by 1.8% per annum. 10

Expenditure by visitors to Victoria in is expected to reach: $2.02 billion by Chinese visitors (representing forecast average annual growth of 6.3%p.a.) $449 million by Malaysian visitors (4.6%p.a.) $398 million by Indian visitors (7.0% p.a.) $335 million by Singaporean visitors (1.7%p.a.) $308 million by Indonesian visitors (4.3%p.a.) $277 million by Hong Kong visitors (3.3% p.a.) $158 million by Korean visitors (3.3%p.a.) $143 million by Thai visitors (4.3%p.a.) The Avalon Advantage The importance of Asia - Tourism 11

The Avalon Advantage The importance of Asia - Tourism These countries combined are expected to represent 60% of the forecast $6.84 million international overnight visitor spend in These visitors are expected to represent 45% of the total 2.87 million forecast international overnight visitors to the state in

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