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

Arrivals data dips slightly in Nov but the trend upwards continues

Just a little over a week after we saw the release of the October data for short-term arrivals and departures (see here) we now have the November data as the ABS plays catch-up. Today’s data shows arrivals down slightly from Oct but nevertheless still up 6.5% from the same time …read more

Chinese visitors hit 12% of total for 12 months to Oct

As the ABS slowly gets to terms with the change in methodology for arrivals and departures cards (see here for details) today sees the release of short term arrivals and departures data for October. This shows arrivals at new highs of just under 600,000 for the month and over 6.8 …read more

State Tourism Satellite Accounts are a sorry tale for QLD

Tourism Research Australia (TRA) today released their State Tourism Satellite Accounts (STSA) for the 2013-14 year. There are available for download here. The results show an industry which, although at a national level has seen growth of about 3.4%, is in decline in Queensland. We have previously posted extensively (see …read more

Tasmania stars in the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards

The Qantas Australian Tourism Awards announced in Adelaide this week saw Tasmania come of age and put the other larger states to shame. Of a total of 85 awards handed out over the course of the evening Tassie picked up 16 with 9 Golds (more than any other State or …read more

Domestic visitors rise but QLD slips even further

The December quarter 2014 National Visitor Survey from Tourism Research Australia (available here) shows overnight domestic visitor numbers were up 7.4% nationally to 81.436 million for the year to Dec 2014. The increase was led by Victoria where visitor numbers were up 11%. Total expenditure rose 5.7%. However, the result for …read more

International Visitor Survey for Q4 delayed until June/July

The ABS has been having issues with the reporting of short term overseas arrivals and departures (OAD) data since the Sept 2014 released back in November last year. The problem has been caused “due to passenger card processing issues as announced by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP).” Earlier this …read more

Domestic Tourism data poor for QLD and TNQ

After the disappointing International Visitor Survey results from last week (see here) the National Visitor Survey released today is no better (the full report is available for download here). While total overnight domestic visitors rose by 5% nationally they managed only a 2.5% increase in QLD and 1.4% in TNQ. …read more

International Tourism numbers continue to climb but TNQ still underperforming

The Tourism Research Australia International Visitor Survey (see here for the full report download) shows intl visitors to Australia have risen by 8.2% for the year to Sept 2014 with expenditure up 5.4%. Unfortunately Queensland has performed less well with visitor numbers up just 3.6% and expenditure up 2.7% (i.e. …read more

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