Massive year of major events for NSW

Massive year of major events for NSW

NSW has secured a bumper number of events in 2016, further solidifying its place as the major events capital of Australia.

Destination NSW chief executive officer, Sandra Chipchase encouraged visitors from around Australia and the world to make their way to the State to take advantage of this incredible calendar.

“NSW has an amazing variety of major events over the coming months, with something to suit all ages and tastes,” Chipchase said.

One major event, Vivid Sydney, is less than two weeks away, and has established itself as the largest festival of its kind in the world, attracting a record 1.7 million people in 2015.

Last year the event drew more than 112,000 international and domestic overnight travellers specifically to NSW, an increase of 25 percent on 2014.

Chipchase added that with the festival expanding to 23 nights, we look forward to seeing these strong results continue in 2016.

“We also have a huge calendar of world class major events coming up, including the College Football Sydney Cup, Games 1 and 3 of Rugby League’s State of Origin Series as well as its Grand Final match, the Australian premiere of Disney’s Aladdin the Musical, the Rugby Union Bledisloe Cup, the Sydney International Art Series, AUS-X Open Supercross and many more,” Chipchase said.

Destination NSW also has an extensive calendar of events in Regional NSW, with highlights including motorsports’ Rally Australia Coffs Harbour, the Deni Ute Muster, L’Etape Australia by Le Tour de France in the Snowy Mountains, Dungog Festival and Rugby Union’s Central Coast Sevens.

Since 2011, the NSW Government has secured 430 events for regional NSW (until January 2016) that have generated $2.4 billion in intrastate, interstate and international visitor spend in NSW.

 

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