International Tourism Management

US 822 .1 billion . Australia is a constitutional monarchy which has a constitutional system . The head of the state is Queen Elizabeth II who is represented by the Governor General and works with the collaboration of the Prime Minister of the State Australia has a mixed style economy similar to those of the western countries . The per capita GDP is more than for countries like UK Germany , and France due to an increased level of purchasing power parity . In 2006 , the country was ranked third in United Nation 's Human Development Index

(HDI . The country was also rated sixth in the Economists ranking for the world-wide quality of life index . The economy for the country however does not support any export related manufacturing . Instead the country has a flourishing export of commodity and increasing level of tourism which brings in foreign exchange from all around the world . The following diagram shows the GDP growth rates ,volume measures , quarterly change for 2001 , 2003 , 2005 and 2007 (Source : Australian National Accounts : National Income , Expenditure and Product , Mar 2007 Most of the population lives in the urban areas with only 15 percent of the population living in the countryside . This is mostly due to the fact that most of the land in Australia is dry desert or semi arid terrain As a result majority of the population in Australia lives in along the south eastern coastlines . The northern region of the country is host to rainforest , woodlands , grasslands and mangroves swamps and deserts . The most populous city in Australia is Sydney . Aside from the large deserts n central Australia , the region also hosts the Great Barrier Reef which is the world 's largest coral reef . The world 's largest monolith , the Mount Augustus is located in Western Australia Despite being arid and uninhabitable...