While Australia’s tourism industry—both domestic and then international—bounced back from a global pandemic faster than most expected, few can have thought the charge would be led by the City of Churches.

Yes. Adelaide. The country’s fifth most populous city.

But on one warm spring night late last year, Adelaide recorded the highest number of rooms filled in a single night ever.  On September 27, 9001 of the cities 9911 available rooms were occupied, beating the old record of 8967 rooms ... which was set the week before.