Editing Sydney (section)

===Tourism and international education===
{{Main|Tourism in Sydney}}
[[File:2021-04-30 Darling Harbour panorama (cropped).jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Darling Harbour]] is a major entertainment and tourism precinct. ]]
Sydney is a gateway to Australia for many international visitors and ranks among the top sixty most visited cities in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ceoworld.biz/2019/12/05/these-are-the-worlds-most-visited-cities-among-international-travelers-2019/ |work=CEO World |title=These Are The World's Most Visited Cities Among International Travelers, 2019 |last=Ireland |first=Sophie |date=5 December 2020 |access-date=1 April 2023 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801055349/https://ceoworld.biz/2019/12/05/these-are-the-worlds-most-visited-cities-among-international-travelers-2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It has hosted over 2.8&nbsp;million international visitors in 2013, or nearly half of all international visits to Australia. These visitors spent 59&nbsp;million nights in the city and a total of $5.9&nbsp;billion.<ref name="Our global city"/> The countries of origin in descending order were China, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong, and India.<ref name="Travel to Sydney">{{cite web |publisher=Destination New South Wales |date=2014 |url=http://www.destinationnsw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Sydney-YE-Dec-13.pdf |title=Travel to Sydney |access-date=26 July 2014 |archive-date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814164520/http://www.destinationnsw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Sydney-YE-Dec-13.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The city also received 8.3&nbsp;million domestic overnight visitors in 2013 who spent a total of $6&nbsp;billion.<ref name="Travel to Sydney" /> 26,700 workers in the City of Sydney were directly employed by tourism in 2011.<ref name="Tourism">{{cite web |publisher=City of Sydney |date=2013 |url=http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/business/business-support/business-in-your-sector/key-industries/tourism |title=Tourism |access-date=21 July 2014}}</ref> There were 480,000 visitors and 27,500 people staying overnight each day in 2012.<ref name="Tourism" /> On average, the tourism industry contributes $36&nbsp;million to the city's economy per day.<ref name="Tourism" />

Popular destinations include the Sydney Opera House, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, [[Watsons Bay]], [[The Rocks, New South Wales|The Rocks]], Sydney Tower, [[Darling Harbour]], the Royal Botanic Garden, the [[Australian Museum]], the [[Museum of Contemporary Art Australia|Museum of Contemporary Art]], the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]], the [[Queen Victoria Building]], [[Sea Life Sydney Aquarium]], [[Taronga Zoo]], [[Bondi Beach]], [[Luna Park Sydney|Luna Park]] and [[Sydney Olympic Park]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenwood |first1=Justine |last2=White |first2=Richard |date=2011 |url=http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/tourism |title=Tourism |publisher=Dictionary of Sydney |access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref>

Major developmental projects designed to increase Sydney's tourism sector include a [[Crown Sydney|casino and hotel]] at Barangaroo and the redevelopment of [[Darling Harbour#Redevelopment|East Darling Harbour]], which involves a new [[International Convention Centre Sydney|exhibition and convention centre]], now Australia's largest.<ref>{{cite news |title=For the good of Sydney, back this plan |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/for-the-good-of-sydney-back-this-plan-20121102-28p9t.html#ixzz2BFtdMao9 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Barangaroo timeline |url=http://barangaroo.com.au/discover-barangaroo/timeline.aspx |publisher=Barangaroo Delivery Authority |access-date=2 June 2016 |archive-date=15 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215072208/http://barangaroo.com.au/discover-barangaroo/timeline.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="beabeats.com.au">{{cite web |url=http://www.beabeats.com.au/business-events-australia-newsletter-march-2015/ |title=BEA – Business Events Australia Newsletter – March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610203820/http://www.beabeats.com.au/business-events-australia-newsletter-march-2015/ |archive-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>

Sydney is the highest-ranking city in the world for international students. More than 50,000 international students study at the city's universities and a further 50,000 study at its [[TAFE NSW|vocational]] and English language schools.<ref name="2014 Global Cities Index"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Alexandra |date=2014 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/sydney-named-top-destination-in-the-world-for-international-students-20140427-zqz2a.html |title=Sydney named top destination in the world for international students |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=26 July 2014}}</ref> International education contributes $1.6&nbsp;billion to the local economy and creates demand for 4,000 local jobs each year.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=City of Sydney |date=2014 |url=http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/business/business-support/business-in-your-sector/key-industries/international-education |title=International education |access-date=23 July 2014}}</ref>