The Matilda’s have generated a $7.6 billion economic boost for retail and travel industries across Australia, with expectations a win tonight could further increase figures.
The FIFA Women’s World Cup side is facing France in the quarter finals in Brisbane at 5pm after drawing a 75,000 strong crowd in Sydney.
Airwallex global accountants tracked sales and revenue for the retail and travel sectors after tickets went on sale for the World Cup to monitor spending.
It found $4.53 billion of the $7.6 billion was from travellers and foreign exchange.
Airwalles general manager for Australia and New Zealand Luke Latham said dollars, pounds, yen, euros, pesos and dinar are pouring into Australia’s travel and retail sectors thanks to the World Cup.
“The Women’s World Cup teams are drawing record crowds and they’re also drawing record spending in our hotels and retail stores,” Latham said.
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“In the current environment, this has been a screamer of a goal for the Australian economy.”
He said he hoped a Matilda’s win tonight would ”keep working its magic on our economy”.
A state-by-state breakdown is below.
- New South Wales: $2.98 billion- hosting 11 matches
- Victoria: $2.30 billion- hosted 6 matches
- Queensland: $1.55 billion- hosting 8 matches
- Western Australia: $663.2 million- hosted 5 matches
- South Australia: $160.9million- hosted 4 matches
FIFA has previously said one fifth of ticket holders were from overseas.
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