Pete on ABC re the Intl Visitor numbers for TNQ

Pete was on the ABC Far North with Kier Shorey this morning discussing the TRA International Visitor Survey for March 2015 and the figures for TNQ. You can read our commentary on the report here and, if you missed the show this morning, listen below.

Europe and US lead solid Intl Visitor data for TNQ

The Tourism Research Australia International Visitor Survey for the March 2015 quarter (available here) shows some solid growth in international visitor numbers. Across the country visitors grew by 7.8% over the year to just under 6.5 million. Chinese numbers were up 18.6% for Australia as a whole while the US …read more

Chinese arrivals growth accelerates again

The ABS have finally caught up with their Overseas Arrivals and Departures data with today’s release of the numbers for May just 5 days after we got the April data. Releases will now return to their normal monthly cycle. What today’s data shows is that (when considered on the Trend …read more

Arrivals hit new highs. Chinese top 900,000 in the year for the first time (Trend)

The ABS have been doing a good job getting the overseas arrivals and departures data up-to-date after the problems with a change in card processing. Today we see the data for April and just a few days later, next week, we’ll have the May data which will bring us up-to-date …read more

Latest Domestic tourism data shows TNQ falling further behind

Tourism Research Australia have today released their National Visitor Survey for the March quarter (available in full here). It shows domestic tourism in Australia continues to grow and exceed previous records. Total visitor numbers for the year to March 2015 stood at 82.3 million, up 6.1% for the year. Growth …read more

Are the Poms falling out of love with Oz?

Yesterday’s TRA International Visitor Survey for the Dec 2014 quarter saw a “first” for the Aussie tourism market. The UK market fell below 10% of total international visitors for the first time ever. As the first chart shows, although total numbers are still well above lows seen in 2012, the …read more

Arrivals & Departures data shows China still on the up-and-up

As the ABS quickly play catch-up with the Overseas Arrivals & Departures data we see the March data released today. Yesterday we also saw the release of the TRA International Visitor Survey for the final quarter of last year (see here for commentary). We’re now starting to get a much …read more

Phew! The Chinese New Year data suggests no need to worry

After a concerning few months for Chinese visitor data, today sees the release of Feb data from the ABS (the period in which Chinese New Year fell this year) and it suggests that the China boom may still be intact. The ABS are rushing to catch up with their arrivals and …read more

Arrivals up but the China boom is waning

Data from the ABS for short term arrivals and departures in January show that, while total arrivals grew 2.2% (seasonally adjusted) from a year ago, the number coming from China is in decline. The seasonally adjusted data can be very volatile when considering the small data set of Chinese arrivals, so …read more

Chinese arrivals continue to grow but weaker A$ is slowing Aussies going abroad

Data released by the ABS today confirms that, while the number of arrivals into the country approached 9 million for the past 12 months and the rate of growth exceeds 8%, Aussies are starting to feel the impact of a weaker A$ and the rate at which foreign travel is …read more

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