The Tourism Research Australia National Visitor Survey for the year to Sept 2015 saw the total number of domestic visitors jump by 7% to 85.3 million. Those travelling to Queensland were stronger still, up 7.9% to 19.8 million (which saw the Sunshine State’s share of the domestic market improve slightly …read more
The ABS released their Short Term Arrivals & Departures data for Oct today and it shows, once again, that arrivals from China are continuing to push ahead strongly. Although total arrivals were slightly lower than last month, and up 6.7% from a year ago, the annual number of arrivals (at just a shade …read more
Today saw the release of the International Visitor Survey for the Sept quarter from Tourism Research Australia (you can access the full report here). It shows a very solid growth of total international visitors to Australia for the year to Sept, up 6.6% over the year. Expenditure rose by 15.2% …read more
The continued weakness of the A$ is starting to have some very significant impact on travel data into Australia. Today’s release of Sept Short Trem Arrivals and Departures data highlights what is happening. Arrivals into Australia hit a new record monthly high of 637,100 (seasonally adjusted) in Sept. which is …read more
Today saw the release by the ABS of the short term Arrivals and Departures data for August. With the A$ having fallen to its lowest levels since early 2009 against both the US$ and our Trade Weighted Index it’s not surprising to see the number of international arrivals continuing to …read more
Yesterday saw the release of Tourism Research Australia’s National Visitor Survey for the June quarter; and the numbers make good reading for those of us in the Far North. Total overnight domestic trips in Australia were up 5.2% to 83.2m while QLD saw growth of 5.6% to 19.1m. However, in …read more
An article in today’s Cairns Post talking about how a lower A$ was helping to boost Australian tourism (both international and domestic) spurred me to take a quick look at how tourism in the Tropical North was tracking against the goals outlined in TTNQ’s 2011-2015 Strategic Plan. The Plan targets …read more
Today’s release of data for short term International Arrivals and Departures shows a continuation of the trend of Arrivals growing much faster than Departures; a sharp reversal of the situation from 3 years ago when the A$ was well above parity with the Greenback. For July we saw Arrivals growing …read more
The release today by Tourism Research Australia of their International Visitor Survey for the year to June 2015 confirms what has been clear to many in the region for a while; international tourism is looking really good. Across the nation as a whole we see a 6.6% increase in international …read more
We have just returned from a few days away and have only now seen the Arrivals and Departures data for June which the ABS released on Friday. It shows short-term arrivals up 7.7% from a year ago, with the annual total up 6.6% (seasonally adjusted). The Chinese market continues to …read more