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The article presents an opinion regarding business conditions in domestic tourism and travel, as well as in international inbound tourism and travel in Australia. Growth has stalled due to a decline in foreign visitors, static demand for domestic travel, and an overvalued Australian dollar which makes the country an expensive place to visit.

The article presents a graph provided by the U.S. Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources which illustrates the annual percentage change of international visitor arrivals in the U.S. The figure shows the declination of 1.4 percent in August 2006 in comparison with the same period in 2005. China tops among other countries with a 6.6 percent increase to 12,700 visitors. Visitors spend an average of $3435, 3.2 percent more than in 2005 which amounts to $18.8 billion.