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[[Economy of Fiji#Tourism|Fiji]] currently attracts almost half a million tourists each year, more than a quarter of whom come from Australia. This has contributed $1 billion or more to Fiji's economy since 1995, but the Government of Fiji likely underestimates these figures due to the invisible economy inside the tourism industry. Vanuatu is widely recognised as one of the premier vacation destinations for [[scuba diver]]s wishing to explore [[coral reef]]s of the South Pacific region. Tourism has been promoted, in part, by Vanuatu being the site of several reality-TV shows. The ninth season of the reality TV series ''[[Survivor (US TV series)|Survivor]]'' was filmed on Vanuatu, entitled ''[[Survivor: Vanuatu]] – Islands of Fire''. Two years later, Australia's ''[[Celebrity Survivor]]'' was filmed at the same location used by the U.S. version.<ref name="uatustats" /> [[File:Autumn in the Dandenong Ranges.jpg|thumb|[[Dandenong Ranges]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] are popular among tourists.]] [[Tourism in Australia]] is an important component of the Australian economy. In the financial year 2014/15, [[tourism]] represented 3% of [[Australia]]'s [[Gross domestic product|GDP]] contributing A$47.5 billion to the national economy.<ref name="ABS1011" /> In 2015, there were 7.4 million visitor arrivals.<ref name="touraus181029" /> Popular Australian destinations include the [[Sydney Harbour]] ([[Sydney Opera House]], [[Sydney Harbour Bridge]], [[Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney|Royal Botanic Garden]], etc.), [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] ([[theme parks]] such as [[Warner Bros. Movie World]], [[Dreamworld (Australian theme park)|Dreamworld]] and [[Sea World (Australia)|Sea World]]), [[Walls of Jerusalem National Park]] and [[Mount Field National Park]] in [[Tasmania]], [[Royal Exhibition Building]] in [[Melbourne]], the [[Great Barrier Reef]] in [[Queensland]], [[The Twelve Apostles (Victoria)|The Twelve Apostles]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Uluru]] (Ayers Rock) and the [[Australian outback]].<ref name="ausnatacc" /> [[Tourism in New Zealand]] contributes [[New Zealand dollar|NZ$]]7.3 billion (or 4%) of the country's [[gross domestic product|GDP]] in 2013, as well as directly supporting 110,800 full-time equivalent jobs (nearly 6% of New Zealand's workforce). International tourist spending accounted for 16% of New Zealand's export earnings (nearly NZ$10 billion). International and domestic tourism contributes, in total, NZ$24 billion to New Zealand's economy every year. [[Tourism New Zealand]], the country's official tourism agency, is actively promoting the country as a destination worldwide.<ref name="minisbusi" /> [[Milford Sound]] in South Island is acclaimed as New Zealand's most famous tourist destination.<ref name="SC" /> In 2003 alone, according to state government data, there were over 6.4 million [[Tourism in Hawaii|visitors to the Hawaiian Islands]] with expenditures of over $10.6 billion.<ref name="DBEDT 2003" /> Due to the mild year-round weather, tourist travel is popular throughout the year. In 2011, Hawai{{okina}}i saw increasing arrivals and share of foreign tourists from Canada, Australia, and China increasing 13%, 24% and 21% respectively from 2010.<ref name="hawasafe" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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