Wotif.com Holdings Limited : 2011 Top Spots in NSW

SYDNEY - 9 January 2012: Sydney has held on to the number one spot in Wotif.com's annual Australian top destinations list for the ninth year in the row.

The list is based on more than 250,000 bookings per month by Wotif.com customers in 2011.

New South Wales had five destinations in the top 20 Australian list including Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour and Byron Bay.

General Manager Wotif Brands Megan Magill said the biggest change to the NSW 2011 list compared to 2010 was Albury and Wollongong changing places.

"Wollongong snuck back up to sixth place in 2011, swapping with Albury," Ms Magill said.

"Dubbo also crept back onto the top ten list for New South Wales last year after losing out to Port Stephens in 2010," she said.

Queensland continued to be the most represented state, with eight destinations in the top 20.

New South Wales' complete Top 10 Destinations in 2011 were:

	2011	2010
1	Sydney	Sydney
2	Newcastle	Newcastle
3	Port Macquarie	Port Macquarie
4	Coffs Harbour	Coffs Harbour
5	Byron Bay	Byron Bay
6	Wollongong	Albury
7	Albury	Wollongong
8	Hunter Valley	Hunter Valley
9	Wagga Wagga	Wagga Wagga
10	Dubbo	Port Stephens

Australia's Top 20 destinations list was compiled based on bookings made through Wotif.com during 2011 and included a mix of capital cities and regional areas.

Top 20 Australian Destinations 2011

Destinations	2011	2010
Sydney	1	1
Melbourne	2	2
Gold Coast	3	3
Brisbane	4	4
Adelaide	5	5
Perth	6	6
Sunshine Coast	7	7
Canberra	8	8
Cairns	9	9
Hobart	10	10
Darwin	11	11
Townsville	12	12
Newcastle	13	13
Launceston and Tamar Valley (TAS)	14	14
Port Douglas	15	15
Port Macquarie	16	16
Coffs Harbour	17	17
Byron Bay	18	18
Mackay	19	19
Airlie Beach	20	20

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