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Gold Coast airport saw a dramatic increase in international passenger numbers last year, with a 31 per cent increase in December over the same period in 2011.

Queensland Airports managing director Dennis Chant credited a concerted marketing effort for generating the increase.

He added that increased airline capacity had allowed passenger numbers to expand.

‘We’ve got a fair slice of Asia covered now and [Gold Coast] has a big slice of catchment into Asia,’ he told ABC local radio this morning.

Even domestic arrivals showed an increase of nearly 10 per cent.

 

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