Pete talking TNQ tourism numbers on ABC Far North & 4CA

Kier Shorey at ABC Far North, and John MacKenzie from 4CA, both spoke to Pete this morning about yesterday’s International Visitor Survey and what it held for TNQ. You can listen below, and read yesterday’s analysis on the IVS here. Yesterday also saw the GDP release and, as usual, this …read more

International tourism grows but QLD and TNQ are both falling behind

Today’s release by TRA of the International Visitor Survey for March 2017 (available here) shows international visitors up by 9.2% y/y with expenditure up 8.1%. Numbers to Queensland were also up strongly (+6.8%), although expenditure rose just 2.6% y/y. However, as a result the Sunshine State’s share of the international …read more

Domestic tourism continues to dive in TNQ

Tourism Research Australia’s National Visitor Survey for the December quarter (available here) does not make happy reading for the industry in the Far North. While total overnight domestic visitors in Australia rose by 4.2% from the previous year, and were up by 3.4% in Queensland, the TNQ region saw a …read more

Pete on ABC Far North talking about the latest international visitor data for TNQ

Pete was talking to Kier Shorey on ABC Far North earlier this morning about the international visitor data released yesterday (see here for details). You can listen to the interview below.  

China helps TNQ beat the international visitor pack

The Tourism Research Australia International Visitor Survey for the quarter to Dec 2016 (available here) shows international visitor numbers continuing to improve; although visitors are staying for less time. Total visitors for the year hit a new record high of 7.625 million; an increase of 11.2% from the previous year. …read more

Pete on ABC Far North talking building approvals and the outlook for 2017

Pete spoke to Kier Shorey on ABC Far North this morning about the latest regional building approvals data from last week (see here) as well as his thoughts on the otulook for 2017 and beyond. You can listen to the interview below.

Has the TNQ domestic tourism boom come to an end?

Today saw the release of Tourism Australia’s National Visitor Survey for the Sept quarter (available for download here). It shows domestic tourism growing at almost 5% nationally but QLD, and TNQ in particular, not performing as well. Nation-wide domestic overnight visitors increased by 4.8% on the year to Sept to …read more

International Visitors Survey is more good news for TNQ

Tourism continues to be a bright star in the economic firmament of Queensland, and TNQ in particular. International visitors to the state were up 13.1% for the year to Sept 2016; better than the national average of 11.5%. Even better, the growth into the Tropical North Queensland region was higher …read more

Domestic tourism boom really benefiting TNQ

The impact that the domestic tourism boom is having in Tropical North Queensland can be clearly seen below. The expenditure figures include both overnight and day trips.  Domestic tourism has added more than $500 million extra this year over last; that’s an increase of more than 24% y/y. International tourism …read more

More stellar Domestic Visitor data for the Far North

Tourism Research Australia’s National Visitor Survey results for the year to June 2016 (available here) confirm the wonderful run of data we’ve been seeing in the Far North. Combined with the solid International Visitor Survey data released a fortnight ago (see here) today’s data confirms a fabulous financial year for the tourism …read more

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