Facts about Australia City Gold Coast Facts

Gold Coast, a city in the State of Queensland in Australia, is the sixth most populous city of Australia. Gold Coast is famous all over the world due to its sunny and sandy beaches, beautiful subtropical climate,wonderful waterways and canals, wind surfing, and excellent nightlife. Gold Coast is a modern city with high rise apartment buildings, superb transport and tourist infrastructures and some of the most popular tourist attractions.





Gold Coast has one of the best sea shores stretching to about 57 km of coastline with some of the most popular surfer's paradise such as Duranbah Beach. Some of the popular inland beaches in Gold Coast include Marine Stadium, Jacobs Well, Paradise Point, Labrador, Harley Park, and Santa Barbara. Construction, tourism and retail are the major industries of Gold Coast economy. From a small beach side town, Gold Coast has emerged into the sixth largest and one of the fastest growing cities in Australia. Of the total 10 million tourist arrivals every year in Gold Coast, more than 8 million visitors are international tourists.