The billionaire behind a shiny, big – and controversial – new Sydney casino, has claimed that Australian tourism's concentration on natural attractions such as the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru is flawed. 

"The natural attractions ... are magnificent but people also want man-made attractions," said James Packer. "If you look at the biggest tourism success stories in the world they're man-made attractions. People do not want to spend all of their holidays looking at Ayers Rock."

Packer's point of view is perhaps unsurprising – speaking after his $1.5bn Barangaroo casino development in Sydney got the green light, he said the great tourist attractions of the world such as Las Vegas were created by people.

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