The real cost of the Royal tour Down Under revealed
The cost of the Easter visit by Prince William, Kate and baby George to Australia has been tallied up.
The royal couple reportedly 'cut costs' on their whirlwind tour Down Under, with taxpayers footing the bill of just under half a million dollars.
The breakdown of the Royal travel expenses, according to Freedom Of Information documents obtained by 7News is;
Transport - $251,338
Domestic travel - $73,638
Media liaison - $85.366
Hospitality - $59,486
Miscellaneous - $4,309
TOTAL: $474,137
It's understood RAAF flights across the country, and the Tasman, proved to be the most costly.
However the account does not factor in the price of security for the Cambridges, which reportedly reached a whopping $2 million.
Tourism bosses say that media exposure from the tour will pump more money into the national economy, 'repaying many times over
The tourism industry has argued that the saturation international media coverage of the Cambridges in Australia repaid many the expense of their visit', reports claim.
