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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The June quarter National Visitor Survey from Tourism Research Australia was released this morning (see here for full details), and it confirms the deteriorating story for the region we’ve been discussing for some time (see commentary from last quarter). Across the nation domestic overnight visits rose 5.2% y/y and were …read more
Today’s release of the Short Term Arrivals and Departures data for July shows tourism into Australia is still booming. Short Term Arrivals rose 8.8% y/y for the 12 months to July while Short Term Residents Departing were up 5.8%. The Chinese markets continue to lead the way with arrivals up …read more
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