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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
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.
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
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
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
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
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