article_snippet: In stark contrast, the Gold Coast pulls in a whopping 12million tourists each year to visit the variety of theme parks and sunny beaches it is so well known for.
article_snippet: However, instead of The latest list of Australia's top 10 tourist destinations being complied by comparing the number of people who have visited the destinations - the quality and quantity of the reviews on the site were analysed.
article_snippet: Although the Gold Coast pulls 12million people each year for the Gold Coast sunny beaches and theme parks - it didn't make the Gold Coast into the top ten tourist spots .
article_snippet: Gold Coast Tourism chief executive Martin Winter said the ranking of reviews was not indicative of the millions of visitors to the Gold Coast the Gold Coast every year .
article_snippet: Gold Coast Tourism chief executive Martin Winter said Gold Coast Tourism chief executive Martin Winter was 'absolutely' surprised that the Gold Coast did not make the list. '
article_snippet: Gold Coast Tourism chief executive Martin Winter dismiss the illicit comment outright,' Gold Coast Tourism chief executive Martin Winter told Daily Mail Australia. '
article_snippet: Not taking anything away from Cessnock Cessnock but clearly the sample size and the cohort that responds to TripAdvisor is not representative of the millions of people who have wonderful holidays throughout Australia on an annual basis,' Mr Winter said.