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Looking for flights to Australia? We will help you book your holiday in Australia or business trip dates. While traveling to Australia with Travour, you can find the best hotels in Australia. We will make your tours to Australia a memorable experience. Australia is an island continent and independent western democracy. The commonwealth of Australia, including the island of Tasmania, is nearly as large as Europe. It is one of the world's most urbanized countries with about 70 per cent of the population living in the 10 largest cities.
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Australia is the only nation to occupy the whole continent. The area of Australia is approximately 86, 00, 000 km. sq., inhibiting the population of about 33 million. Most of the population in Australia is concentrated along the eastern seaboard and the south-eastern corner of the continent. Its land is the flattest and driest of all the continents.
Australia has extremes of climate and typography. There are many rainforests and vast plains in the north, snowfields in the south east, desert in the center and fertile croplands in the east, south and south east. About one-third of Australia lies in the tropics.
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Australia's lifestyle reflects its mainly western origins, but Australia is also a multicultural society, which has been enriched by nearly five million settlers from almost 200 nations. It is interesting to note that four out of 10 Australians are either migrants or first generation children of migrants. Half of the people hail from non-English speaking backgrounds.
The official language of Australia is English. Australian English does not differ significantly from other forms of English, although some colloquial and slang expressions are quite common in use here.
The Australian economy is diverse with a well-developed territory or services sector, a full range of secondary manufacturing and an expanding base of new technology, large-scale resource development and productive primary industries.
The great and remarkable qualities of Australia's tourist attractions are bringing in a good number of international tourists each and every year. Australia's sunshine, golden sandy beaches, rainforests, unique flora and fauna, and the attractions of the cities attract the overseas tourists.
Major tourist attractions here are, the Great Barrier Reef, the Gold Coast of Queensland, Ayers Rock, Alice Springs, winter snow resorts in Australian Alps, and Canberra, the elaborately planned national capital city and the six state capital cities. The multicultural society and the safe and welcoming environment of Australia sound pleasing to everyone. Tourism sector of Australia is one of the largest and fastest growing industries of the country.
Lake Eyre is the largest lake of Australia continent. The longest river is Murray-Darling river system, which is 3750 km long. One of the most important rivers is the Snowy in New South Wales and Victoria.
New South Wales (Cap. Sydney), Queensland (Cap. Brisbane), South Australia (Cap. Adelaide), Western Australia (Cap. Perth), Victoria (Cap. Melbourne, Tasmania (Cap. Hobart), all these cities are ports of Australia.
Australia is the land of scenic contrasts. It has a pioneering way of life in its sparsely settled outback regions, sophisticated environment and excellent shopping facilities in its modern cities and the full spectrum of cultural, sporting and recreational activities.
Climatically also, Australia is a country that is exclusively made for outdoor holidays for fun and recreation. Outback exploration is a major tourist attraction for international tourists.
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