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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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