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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
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
Seasonally adjusted short-term arrivals have broken through the 8.4 million mark for the previous 12 months for the first time. Annual growth has exceeded 10% for each of the past 9 months, with it sitting at 10.3% in March. China remains a major growth factor with arrivals up 12.9% annually; …read more
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 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.
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
The ABS released their short term arrivals and departures data for January this morning and it confirms the ongoing strength for the tourism sector. Arrivals in Jan hit a new record high (seasonally adjusted) of 716,700 for the month which is an increase of 8.7% from the same time a …read more
Today’s release of short-term (less than 12 months) arrivals and departures data from the ABS for Dec shows the tourism boom still well and truly in place. Arrivals increased by 6.8% from the same time a year ago, and are up 10.6% over the past 12 months in total. While …read more
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.
Earlier this week Pete had a piece in The Cairns Post talking about the recovery in place in the Cassowary Coast (see below). This was followed up today by a chat on radio 4CA with John MacKenzie, which you can listen to below.
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