The table compares the number of visitors to six different destinations recognised as World Heritages in Australia in 1996, 1998 and 2000.
Great Barrier Reef welcomed 1, 670, 000 tourists, almost double the figure for Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve, the second most visited place at the start. The reef maintained its popularity with a significant growth over the years, whereas the number of visitors to the natural reserve fell slightly. Actually, Great Barrier Reef was visited by 3, 200, 000 travellers in 2000, compared to the rainforest with only 770, 000.
Ranked the following positions were Blue Mountains and Tasmania Wilderness, with around 500, 000 visitors each in 1996. They had then seen small rises by 2000, when receiving 581, 000 and 483, 000 tourists respectively. Meanwhile, Shark Bay and Macquarie Island remained least visited, with the numbers of visitors fluctuating around 100, 000 and just over 300 to each place yearly.
Overall, Great Barrier Reef was by far the most popular tourist destination, and except for Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve and Macquarie Island, the figures for the other places rose by various degrees over the years surveyed
The table compares the number of
visitors
to six
different
destinations
recognised
as World Heritages in Australia in 1996, 1998 and 2000.
Great Barrier
Reef
welcomed 1, 670, 000 tourists, almost double the figure for Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve, the second most visited place at the
start
. The
reef
maintained its popularity with a significant growth over the years, whereas the number of
visitors
to the natural reserve fell
slightly
. Actually, Great Barrier
Reef
was visited
by 3, 200, 000
travellers
in 2000, compared to the rainforest with
only
770, 000.
Ranked the following positions were Blue Mountains and Tasmania Wilderness, with around 500, 000
visitors
each in 1996. They had then
seen
small
rises by 2000, when receiving 581, 000 and 483, 000 tourists
respectively
. Meanwhile, Shark Bay and Macquarie Island remained least visited, with the numbers of
visitors
fluctuating around 100, 000 and
just
over 300 to each place yearly.
Overall
, Great Barrier
Reef
was by far the most popular tourist destination, and
except for
Central Eastern Rainforest Reserve and Macquarie Island, the figures for the other places rose by various degrees over the years surveyed