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

Domestic tourism data for TNQ confirms ongoing worries

We’ve been away from the office for almost three weeks over Christmas and the New Year, so now is the time to start to catch up on the regional data released since we left; and we’re staring with the National Visitor Survey for the September quarter released by Tourism Research …read more

UK the only bright spot for TNQ international visitor data

The weak growth in international visitors to TNQ (see below) has seen declines in most of our major markets. Japan fell by 1.1% in the year to Sept 2017, China was down 0.5%, the US dropped a thumping 4.8% (after some impressive improvements in previous quarters) while the UK managed …read more

IVS highlights problems for QLD and TNQ

The Sept 2017 International Visitor Survey from Tourism Research Australia (available for download here) makes for unhappy reading for the Queensland and the TNQ region in particular. While total international visitors to Australia rose by 7.3% for the year to Sept 2017, the increase was just 3.0% for Queensland and …read more

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