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The National Visitors Survey from Tourism Research Australia today (available for download here) shows a very healthy 7.6% growth in the number of domestic trips across the country for the year to March 2016. In Queensland that growth rate was even better (+8.8%) but it was the Tropical North which …read more
Wednesday’s release by TRA of the International Visitor Survey for the first quarter (see commentary here) left no one in any doubt that tourism in Australia was moving ahead strongly. Today we see the first ABS data for arrivals and departures relating to the second quarter with April’s numbers; and …read more
This morning saw the release by Tourism Research Australia of the International Visitor Survey for the March 2016 quarter; and it’s good news all round as the tourism sector continues to benefit from a weaker A$. Full details available for download here. At a national level international visitor numbers were …read more
Data this morning from the ABS shows short term arrivals in March hit a new record monthly high of 666,000 (seasonally adjusted). This translates to 8.1% higher than at the same time last year. The total arrivals for the past 12 months (7.6 million, and a new record high) is also …read more
Yesterday I attended the Cairns Chamber of Commerce lunch to listen to Ian Maltman, CFO of Cairns Airport, talking about future plans. As the Cairns Post reported today, there was plenty of optimism about the potential of a number of new routes, both international and domestic, coming online in the …read more
The Short Term Arrivals and Departures data for Feb released this morning seems to reflect the impact of the Chinese New Year falling in early Feb. Clearly many Chinese arrivals were in the country before the actual date and showed up in the strong Jan numbers. February sees a reversal …read more
Today’s release of the National Visitor Survey for the year to Dec 2015 from Tourism Research Australia confirms that domestic tourism continues to motor ahead. Total visitors rose by 6.9% while total nights were up 4.2% and total expenditure +6.4%. Queensland did much better than both Victoria and NSW with …read more
The release today by Tourism Research Australia of the International Visitor Survey for the final quarter of 2015 shows the boom in the Australia tourism industry still well in place. Total international visitors to Australia rose by 7.9% for the year to 6.9 million (a new record high), expenditure was up by …read more
The ABS released data for Short Term (less than one year) Arrivals and Departures for December. It shows that arrivals into Australia are continuing to grow very strongly hitting a new record high of 659,800 for the month (seasonally adjusted). This is 12% higher than a year ago and for …read more
I’ve been away enjoying some snow in Japan so have missed the past two week’s of data since the New Year. This post is an abridged version to simply update some charts and make a few comments… Building Approvals. The November nationwide approvals numbers (seasonally adjusted) saw a big dip …read more
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