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The Cairns Post runs a story this morning highlighting the fact that the number of travellers through the airport breached the 4.5 million mark in the financial year ending June 2014; and so they did. The full statistics are available from Cairns Airport here. Unfortunately for the ever-vigilant Post the …read more
Our friend Gene Tunny (Queensland Economy Watch) gave a speech to the University of the Third Age, Redlands yesterday which is well worth a read. It’s an interesting precis of Australian economic history and a review of what might be in our futures. Of particular interest for our region is …read more
The short-term arrivals and departures data from the ABS this morning showed arrivals down sharply in June from May. At 565,000 they were just 0.4% higher than in June 2013. However, over the past 12 months total arrivals are up 7.7% on the same period a year ago and stand …read more
For anyone involved in the tourism industry in Australia, and particularly in TNQ, the new edition of the Chinese International Travel Monitor from hotels.com should be required reading (it’s available for download here). There are heaps of fascinating insights into this vitally important market from both the travellers and hoteliers …read more
Tourism Research Australia’s National Visitor Survey for the quarter to March 2014 was released today (and is available for download here). It shows domestic travellers for the year to March up 4.0% across the country with a 2.2% increase in those travelling on holiday (as opposed to business or visiting …read more
Short term arrivals and departures data for May from the ABS this morning shows arrivals hitting another record high. A total of 583,600 people came into the country in May (13.7% higher than a year ago) for a total of almost 6.7 Million over the past year (8.7% higher than …read more
Today’s release from Tourism Research Australia of the International Visitors Survey for the quarter to March 2014 (available here) shows QLD lagging the nation as a whole.International arrivals were up 6.3% (to 6.012 million, and the first time over 6 million) for the year to March 2014 across the country …read more
“Building approvals, tourism figures, unemployment rate, real estate market, private sector investment…all much stronger now than at any point of the past five years under the former Labor Government.” So says Member for Cairns Gavin King on his Facebook page referring to a speech he made in parliament on May …read more
The ABS International Arrivals and Departures data for March shows total arrivals up 7.5% from a year ago. Chinese arrivals (which were up 1.2% m/m) accounted for 11.7% of all arrivals for the month and were up 7% from a year ago.Departures were down a massive 27.100 (even the Trend …read more
Today saw the release by the QLD Premier’s Office the latest quarterly Renewal Program Achievements report for the first quarter of 2014 (although much data relates to the period up to Dec 2013). At first glance there appears to be much to celebrate with good news stories abounding in the …read more
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