Why Chinese tourists are refusing to visit Australian country towns

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Chinese tourists visiting Australia are shunning country towns and instead choosing to stay in major cities like Sydney and Melbourne.

Many of these visitors feared more remote areas, a report by the government's Tourism Research Australia found. 

'These concerns possibly arise from unfamiliarity with the large sparsely populated areas within regional Australia and may be reinforced by issues of personal safety travelling within rural and remote parts of China,' it said.

The Tourism Research Australia report also found 16 per cent of Chinese respondents admitted their families were uncomfortable about them travelling to more remote areas of Australia.

As a result of this, most trips to regional areas were adjacent to Sydney and Melbourne. 

Queensland Tourism Industry Council

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