Tourism Satellite Accounts confirm 2017-18 was a good year for TNQ…but don’t tell us much else

TRA released their annual Tourism Satellite Accounts overnight for the 2017-18 financial year. There’s a bunch of quite interesting (although obviously already almost 18 months out-of-date) stuff in the release which can be found in full here. Looking at the higher level data we see that the tourism sector generated …read more

Major post holiday chart-dump. Employment, Tourism and Regional Building Approvals

We’ve been away for a couple of weeks and, while enjoying the delights of the Canberra Centenary Trail (and Canberra in general), quite a bit of data has landed. So, without wishing to rake over old coals and repeat commentary that you’ve no doubt already seen, I thought it worth …read more

Arrivals data onwards and upwards even as China slows

Short term arrivals data for July shows a 3.3% y/y increase (Trend) to a new record high just shy of 800,000. This despite the fact that arrivals from China (still the largest single market) have slowed dramatically and are up just 1.0% y/y. Even this modest rise takes Chinese arrivals …read more

National Visitor Survey results…handle with care

The results from the March 2019 National Visitor Survey have finally been released by Tourism Research Australia (available here). They come with a warning; the methodology has been changed significantly. As the TRA website explains, NVS sampling mehtodology has transitioned “to 100% mobile phone interviews (from 50% mobile phone/50% landline) …read more

International Visitor Survey shows TNQ continues to underperform

The release this morning by Tourism Research Australia of the March 2019 International Visitor Survey (see here for full details) once again shows the TNQ region underperforming as the tourism boom across the nation continues apace, International visitor numbers to Australia grew by 2.7% for the year to March 2019 …read more

Domestic Tourism saves the day for TNQ…again

The (delayed) release of the National Visitor Survey for the Dec 2018 quarter from Tourism Research Australia will ave come as a very welcome Easter present for TTNQ and the industry in the Far North. While domestic overnight visits were up up 8.6% across the nation, Queensland saw a 10.6% …read more

International Visitors Survey shows TNQ falling further behind

The (delayed) release of the Dec 2018 International Visitor Survey from TRA (available here) shows the Tropical North falling further behind the nation and State. Nationwide international visitor numbers increased by 4.8% y/y for the year to Dec 2018 with expenditure up 8.0% y/y. The visitor gains in Queensland were …read more

Short term arrivals data shows Chinese growth slowing further

The ABS Short Term Arrivals data released this morning shows arrivals into Australia running at an annual pace of growth of 4.5% to Dec ’18. Chinese arrivals numbers, having been the leading light for so long, have continued to see their pace of growth slow and they are now increasing …read more

Updated TNQ tourism data is a mixed bag

We have returned from a few weeks away over the New Year and now have a chance to take a look at the tourism data released by Tourism Research Australia (and available here) while we were away. The (delayed) International Visitor Survey was released at the same time as the …read more

Is the Chinese tourism boom to Australia coming to an end?

The simple answer to the question posed above, at least based on ABS data for Sept released today, would be ‘probably’. The Trend data for short-term arrivals into Australia from China shows a 1.3% increase over the year to Sept, following on from a 0.9% increase the month before. To …read more

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