Hobart Waterfront
Hobart tourism growth prospects
• The $1billion Macquarie Point Stadium with 23,000 seats and a covered roof to enable Tasmanians to have a team in the national AFL competition. The stadium would be multipurpose for football, cricket, shows and entertainment artists, trade events. • 1,500 seat conference centre at Macquarie Point. • Completion of the extended Hobart Airport runway and securing direct flights to overseas destinations such as New Zealand, South East Asia and Singapore. • The continued expansion of MONA, which single handedly started our tourism boom in 2011. • The increasing cruise ship visitation. • Continued State sponsorship of events such as the Taste of Summer and MONA backed events. • Continued promotion of adventure-tourism expected to grow 18% to 2031 with Hobart positioned as the Antarctic gateway and gateway to the South-West wilderness. • Increasing funding and brand awareness. Travel + Leisure readers recently voted Hobart “the best City in Australia”.
Our continued growth in the tourism sector will come naturally but can be accelerated by a number of tourism projects on the drawing board!
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