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

Short Term Arrivals hits new record high but the Chinese boom seems to be slowing

ABS data released today for Sept shows short term arrivals at a new record high (709,700 seasonally adjusted) which is 11.5% higher than at the same time last year. Over the past year over 8.06 million arrivals have been recorded; also a new record and up 10.7% for the same …read more

Arrivals continue to move ahead strongly but China starting to slow

Today’s release of the Short Term Arrivals and Departures data for August confirms the growth in international visitors to the country remains strong. Over the past 12 months we have welcomed just a touch under 8 million visitors ( a new record); a growth rate of 10.6% over the course …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

Short Term Arrivals growth accelerates

The good news for the tourism industry continues. The ABS Short Term Arrivals and Departures data for July shows arrivals up 14% y/y (the best result since May ’14) and up 10.3% annually (the sum of the past 12 months) which is the best result for more than eleven years. …read more

International Visitor Survey is good news for QLD and TNQ

Today’s International Visitor Survey from Tourism Research Australia for the June 2016 quarter (available here) provides some good news for Queensland, and particularly the Tropical North. International visitors to Australia were up 10.3% for the year to almost 7.25 million. expenditure lifted 14.6% with the average expenditure per visitor up by …read more

Tourism forecast for QLD good (but below the national average)

Tourism Research Australia have released their latest 10 year tourism number forecasts (available here). They show total visitor nights in QLD forecast to rise at an average rate of 3.9% pa for the 10 years to 2024-25. The pace of growth is forecast to be slightly slower in the non-Brisbane …read more

Short Term Arrivals growing at fastest pace in over 11 years

ABS data this morning show short term arrivals into Australia running at a record high 693,000 (seasonally adjusted) in June. This is 12.9% higher than a year ago and as such is the fastest rate of growth since Jan 2005. Over the course of the past 12 months Australia has welcomed …read more

Arrivals and Departures data on the up again

Yesterday saw the release of the data for May short term overseas arrivals and departures (OAD) and it confirms that the strength in in-bound tourism continues into the second quarter. Arrivals in May hit a new record high of 680,300 which is up 11.7% from a year ago, while the …read more

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