Australian Online Travel

Australia is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world with 4 million tourists visiting annually. the only country that has a whole continent to itself. World famous for its natural wonders and wide open spaces, its beaches, deserts, "the bush", and "the Outback", Australia is actually one of the world's most highly urbanised countries.

It is also well known for the cosmopolitan attractions of its large cities particularly Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.

Tourists arriving in Australia will require at least a tourist visa with the only exception citizens of New Zealand.

Sydney

Sydney receives about 7.8 million domestic visitors and 2.5 million international visitors annually and over 70% of tourists travelling to Australia visit Sydney . The most well known attractions include the Sydney Opera House, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Melbourne

Melbourne, receives approximately 7.6 million domestic visitors and 1.88 million International visitors annually. Melbourne attracts a large numbers of tourists, particularly young backpackers. The city has a large sports tourism industry, hosting a large number of spectator sports.

Backpackers

A major source of tourists to Australia include backpackers, mostly young people from Western European countries (particularly the United Kingdom) and Canada. Spending more time in Australia, these travellers tend to explore considerably more of the country.

Many backpackers participate in working holidays enabling them to stay longer in the country. Working holiday visas for Australia are available for those aged 18 to 30 for most Western European citizens, and also citizens of Canada and some developed East Asian nations such as Japan and South Korea.

Culture

Modern culture of Australia largely reflects its British origins, Anglo Australians are very protective of their culture and country. Australia has a large multicultural population from various nations and practicing almost every religion and lifestyle. Over one-fifth of Australians were born to immigrant parents, and there are approximately half a million Australians of Aboriginal descent.

The most multicultural cities are Melbourne and Sydney. Both cities are renowned for the variety and quality of global foods available in their many restaurants, and Melbourne especially promotes itself as a center for the arts. Smaller rural settlements might still reflect a majority Anglo-Celtic monoculture (often with a small Aboriginal population), however virtually every large Australian city and town reflects the immigration from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific that occurred after World War II and continued into the 1970s; in the half century after the war, Australia's population boomed from roughly 7 million to just over 20 million people.