Australia Council research shows that arts tourism by Australians tends to align with travelling further, staying longer and spending more. Arts tourists are high value tourists This is particularly evident in and important to regional and remote areas.
Indigenous art centres provide meaningful
employment opportunities, especially to Indigenous women who makeup about 70% of the artists. The
Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019 recognised the immense value of social infrastructure arts and culture by including it in the national priority plan for the first time, alongside such infrastructural requirements as transport upgrades and telecommunications.
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