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      <name>Airasia X</name>
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        <heading>AIRASIA X</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="631" kind="question">
        <name>Mr HAMILTON-SMITH</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Waite</electorate>
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          <question date="2013-10-31">
            <name>AIRASIA X</name>
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          <by role="member" id="631">Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite) (14:30):</by>  The other part of the question to the Minister for Tourism was the total net number of tourists that will be attracted to the state from the deal. He mentioned a figure of 10,000 from certain specific countries. What is the total number?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3117" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Mawson</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Tourism</name>
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            <name>Minister for Recreation and Sport</name>
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            <name>AIRASIA X</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3117">The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL (Mawson—Minister for Tourism, Minister for Recreation and Sport) (14:30):</by>  We do not have a total number yet, because it is into the future, but what we are trying to do is make sure that we fill as many seats as we can on those planes. This route has been in the market only since July and, as I said, already 10,000 tickets have been sold on the flight down from KL to Adelaide to people throughout China and Malaysia. I think that is a pretty outstanding effort in just a couple of months, and we will be out there in the marketplace selling not just Adelaide but Port Lincoln, the Barossa, the Flinders Ranges and Kangaroo Island. We will be selling South Australia. We have just been named one of the top 10 cities in the world to travel to. We will be using that hook as well to get out there and convince as many people as possible to come down and visit our great state.</text>
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