Opposition: World Cup a failure based on arrivals

Government’s $50 million spend on the hosting of the International Cricket Council Men’s T20 World Cup was not justified based on visitor arrivals for June. 

This is the view of Opposition Senator Ryan Walters, who contends that the visitor arrival numbers for June, when the event was staged, were by no means head and shoulders above previous years for the same period.

Speaking during a press conference at the Opposition Office yesterday, Walters said that the returns for monies...