Stellar performance from TNQ in domestic tourism data

This morning’s release of domestic tourism data for the March quarter from Tourism Research Australia (National Visitor Survey available here) will be very happy reading for TTNQ. It shows the Tropical North outperforming, by a country mile, the State and National figures. Overnight domestic visitors increased by 6.7% across the …read more

Is Queensland getting its tourism mojo back?

Today’s short term arrivals and departures data for April give us a tantalising suggestion that Queensland might just be getting its tourism mojo back. The TRA International Visitor Survey (which was due on June 6th) for the March quarter is yet to be released and that will help to confirm, …read more

Arrivals and Departures data slightly better for QLD

The release today of the short term arrivals and departures data from the ABS for March shows international arrivals to Australia moving ahead at a healthy lick…up 9.0% from a year ago and up 6.9% for the past 12 months totalled. Residents leaving for short term breaks are also up …read more

Chinese visitors grow strongly but let’s take a deep breath

Yesterday saw the ABS release short term arrivals and departures data for the month of Feb. Following the release we read plenty of, frankly breathless, commentary about the strength of the Chinese visitor data…most usually when people referred to the highly volatile original, non-adjusted data. When looking at data for …read more

Domestic Tourism in TNQ; fewer visitors but they’re staying longer and spending more

Today’s release of the National Visitor Survey from Tourism Research Australia (available here) is something of a mixed bag for TNQ. While overnight domestic visitor numbers across Australia rose by 7.1% for the year to Dec 2017, they fell by 4.2% to Tropical North QLD. However, with an increase in …read more

TTNQ claim Chinese New Year as a success for FNQ

After some disappointing quarters for international tourism, including from China, into the Far North (see here for details), and the detrimental impact of the charter flight fiasco in the 2017 Chinese New Year it’s certainly encouraging to see TTNQ releasing some positive data relating to this year’s New Year period. …read more

International Visitors to Australia up 6.5%; TNQ continues to suffer down 0.4%

Today’s release of the International Visitor Survey for the year to Dec 2017 from Tourism Research Australia (available here) is once again bad news for TNQ. Despite visitor numbers to Australia increasing by 6.5% for the year to Dec, and those to Queensland up a less impressive 4.3%, the number …read more

Tourism radio interview

There’s been plenty of interest in tourism following my post yesterday (see here) on the latest ABS Arrivals and Departures data. ABC Far North ran the story in their news bulletins this morning and later in the day I spoke to John McKenzie at radio 4CA; you can listen to …read more

Short term arrivals continue to grow; QLD continues to underperform

Today’s release of short term arrivals and departures data from the ABS for Dec show arrivals grew by 4% (seasonally adjusted) and 5.8% (Trend) on the same time a year ago. Growth from China continues to be strong, up 10.1% for the year (Trend). Short term departures of residents grew …read more

Overseas Arrivals running at 8% growth. QLD suffering as others states surge.

The release from the ABS of the Overseas Arrivals and Departures data for Nov shows short-term arrivals into Australia rose 8% for the year. Visitors from China continue to grow strongly; up 7.8% (seasonally adjusted) and up 13.7% (Trend). Short-term departures of residents (which are only provided on an original, …read more

© Conus Business Consultancy Services 2026

Website created by RJ New Designs