Friday 18 September 2015

Culture vultures flock to NSW


WITH #Sydney playing host to major exhibitions, theatre, and festivals, Destination NSW has confirmed that #culturaltourism is on the rise with the state attracting almost 6.5 million overnight cultural visitors in the year ending March 2015, up by 5.6% on the previous year. 

During the year ending March 2015, #NewSouthWales welcomed 4.5 million domestic and almost two million international travellers who attended a theatre performance or concert, visited a museum, art gallery or festival, a historical or heritage building, site or monument.

Internationally, the five strongest markets for cultural visitors travelling to Sydney are China, UK, USA, Korea, and New Zealand.

Upcoming highlights of Sydney and NSW's calendar for culture-vultures include the 2015-16 Sydney International Art Series … Masterpieces of Western art from the National Galleries of Scotland presented at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (October 24-February 8) which includes works by Botticelli, Leonardo, Titian, Rubens, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Turner, Monet, Degas, Gauguin, and Cézanne.


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