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International Visitors in Australia
December 2009 Quarterly Results of the International Visitor Survey
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Contents Main Findings ...................................................................................................................................1
Figures Figure 1.
Average and median nights in Australia by country of residence.............................. 6
Figure 2.
Visitors in Australia by main purpose of journey................................................................ 7
Figure 3.
Visitor nights in Australia by main purpose of journey ................................................... 7
Tables Visitors Table 1.
Visitors, visitor nights, duration of stay and expenditure by country of residence and main purpose of journey, year ended 31 December 2008 and 2009.............................................................................. 9
Table 2.
Visitors, visitor nights, duration of stay and expenditure by country of residence and main purpose of journey, quarter ended 31 December 2008 and 2009 ...................................................................... 10
Table 3.
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey, year ended 31 December 2005–2009...................................................................................... 11
Table 4.
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey, quarter ended 31 December 2005–2009.............................................................................. 12
Table 5.
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey, year ended 31 December 2005–2009..................................................................................... 13
Table 6.
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey, quarter ended 31 December 2005–2009.............................................................................. 14
Table 7.
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey by first or return visit.......................................................................................................................... 15
Table 8.
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey by type of travel arrangements...................................................................................................... 16
Table 9.
Visitors by country of resi dence and main purpose of journey by State/Territory visited.................................................................................................................. 17
Table 10.
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey for selected regions.............................................................................................................................. 19
Table 11.
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey by type of transport used between stopovers ......................................................................... 21
Visitor Nights Table 12.
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey by State/Territory visited.................................................................................................................. 23
Table 13.
Visitor nights by country of re sidence and main purpose of journey for selected regions.............................................................................................................................. 25
Table 14.
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey by type of accommodation used ................................................................................................... 27
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Expenditure Table 15.
Expenditure for package tour visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey by expenditure category .................................................................... 29
Table 16.
Expenditure for non-package tour visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey by expenditure category......................................................... 30
Table 17.
Average expenditure for all visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey by expenditure item.............................................................................. 31
Table 18.
Average expenditure by visitors with expenditure on item by country of residence and main purpose of journey by expenditure item ................................... 34
Backpacker Market Table 19.
Backpacker visitors, visitor nights, duration of stay and expenditure by country of residence and main purpose of journey ......................................................... 37
Table 20.
Backpacker visitors by State/Territory visited, year ended 31 December 2005–2009.................................................................................... 38
Table 21.
Backpacker visitor nights by State/Territory visited, year ended 31 December 2005–2009.................................................................................... 38
Total Inbound Economic Value Table 22.
Total Inbound Economic Value (TIEV) by country of residence.................................. 39
Table 23.
Total Inbound Economic Value (TIEV) by country of residence, year ended 31 December 2005–2009.................................................................................... 40
Modelled Regional Expenditure
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Table 24.
Modelled international visitor expenditure in each State/Territory ........................ 41
Table 25.
Modelled international visitor expenditure in each State/Territory by reason for stopover ...................................................................................................................... 42
Table 26.
Modelled international visitor expenditure in capital cities and regional areas for each State/Territory .................................................................................................. 43
Table 27.
Modelled international visitor expenditure in the top 20 regions ranked by expenditure ............................................................................................................................... 44
Table 28.
Modelled international visitor expenditure in each State/Territory by country of residence .................................................................................................................... 45
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Introduction to the International Visitor Survey ................................................................... 46
Survey methodology ................................................................................................................... 46
Sample size .................................................................................................................................... 47
Data reliability .............................................................................................................................. 48
Expenditure .................................................................................................................................. 49
References ...................................................................................................................................... 52
Glossary of terms .......................................................................................................................... 53
State and Territory abbreviations..............................................................................................56
About Tourism Research Australia ............................................................................................ 57
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Main Findings Year ended 31 December 2009
All visitors Total visitors
During the year ended 31 December 2009 there were 5,174,744 visitors to Australia aged 15 years and over. This remained steady compared with the year ended 31 December 2008.
Reason
The main reasons for visitors coming to Australia were: Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
2,398,189 1,293,764 756,098 411,251 116,481 198,960
46% 25% 15% 8% 2% 4%
Source
New Zealand was the largest source of visitors during the period (1,005,461), followed by the United Kingdom (625,014), USA (450,416) and China (350,807).
Expenditure
The average trip expenditure in Australia per international visitor was $3,313 while the average nightly expenditure was $97. Total expenditure in Australia for the year ended 31 December 2009 ($17 billion) increased 5% from the year ended 31 December 2008.
Nights
A total of 177 million visitor nights were spent in Australia, an increase of 6% compared with the year ended 31 December 2008.
Return visits
Of all visitors to Australia, 62% had visited before.
Tours
Inclusive package travellers accounted for 16% of all visitors to Australia while those arriving on group tours accounted for 7% of all visitor arrivals.
States
Of all visitors to Australia during the period, 52% visited New South Wales, 38% visited Queensland and 30% visited Victoria. New South Wales recorded the largest share of visitor nights with 35%, followed by Queensland (22%) and Victoria (22%).
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Holiday visitors
Share
Of all international visitors to Australia, 46% stated â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;holidayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; as their main purpose of visit.
Expenditure
The average trip expenditure of holiday visitors in Australia was $2,591, with the largest component being food, drink and accommodation ($1,256). Their average expenditure per night was $98.
Nights
Holiday visitors spent a total of 63 million nights in Australia with 25% spent in a rented house, apartment, flat or unit, 23% spent in the home of a friend or relative and 19% spent in backpacker or hostel accommodation.
Return visits
Of all holiday visitors, 50% had visited Australia before.
Tours
Inclusive package travellers accounted for 29% of all holiday visitors while those arriving on a group tour accounted for 13%.
States
Of all holiday visitors, 58% visited New South Wales, 52% visited Queensland and 31% visited Victoria.
Duration of stay
Their average duration of stay in Australia was 26 nights.
Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) visitors
Share
International visitors with a main purpose of VFR accounted for 25% of all international visitors.
Expenditure
The average trip expenditure in Australia by VFR visitors was $1,573 with the largest component being food, drink and accommodation ($678). Their average expenditure per night was $65.
Nights
These visitors spent a total of 31 million nights in Australia and spent 82% of their nights in the home of a friend or relative.
Return visits
Of all VFR visitors, 76% had been to Australia before.
States
Of all VFR visitors, 45% visited New South Wales, 28% visited Queensland and 28% visited Victoria.
Duration of stay
Their average duration of stay in Australia was 24 nights.
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Business visitors
Share
Of all international visitors to Australia, 15% stated ‘business’ as their main purpose of visit and these visitors spent a total of 10 million nights in Australia.
Expenditure
The average trip expenditure in Australia by business visitors was $2,073 with the largest component being food, drink and accommodation ($1,217). Their average expenditure per night was $159.
Nights
Business visitors spent 31% of their nights in Sydney and 22% in Melbourne, while 50% of their nights in Australia were spent in a hotel, resort, motel, or motor inn.
Return visits
Of all business visitors, 73% had visited Australia before.
States
Of all business visitors, 52% visited New South Wales, 29% visited Victoria and 22% visited Queensland.
Duration of stay
Their average duration of stay in Australia was 13 nights.
Education visitors
Share
Of all international visitors to Australia, 8% stated ‘education’ as their main purpose of visit and these visitors spent a total of 57 million nights in Australia, representing 32% of all international visitor nights.
Expenditure
The average trip expenditure in Australia by education visitors was $14,835 with the largest component being education fees ($6,816). Their average expenditure per night was $107.
Nights
While in Australia, education visitors spent 64% of their nights in a rented house, apartment, flat or unit.
Return visits
Of all education visitors, 60% had visited Australia before.
States
Of all education visitors, 51% visited New South Wales, 35% visited Victoria and 29% visited Queensland.
Duration of stay
Their average duration of stay in Australia was 139 nights.
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Employment visitors
Share
Of all international visitors to Australia, 2% stated ‘employment’ as their main purpose of visit and these visitors spent a total of 12 million nights in Australia.
Expenditure
The average trip expenditure in Australia by employment visitors was $7,716 with the largest component being food, drink and accommodation ($4,268). Their average expenditure per night was $74.
Nights
Employment visitors spent 25% of their nights in Sydney and 17% in Melbourne, while 60% of their nights in Australia were spent in a rented house, apartment, flat or unit.
Return visits
Of all employment visitors, 68% had visited Australia before.
States
Of all employment visitors, 43% visited New South Wales, 27% visited Queensland and 26% visited Victoria.
Duration of stay
Their average duration of stay in Australia was 104 nights.
Backpacker visitors
Share
Of all international visitors to Australia, 11% were classified as backpackers and they spent 44 million nights in Australia. Holiday was the main purpose of visit for 73% of backpackers.
Expenditure
Backpackers’ average trip expenditure in Australia was $6,114 with $2,981 being spent on food, drink and accommodation and $709 on education fees. Their average expenditure per night was $80.
Nights
While in Australia, backpackers spent 35% of their nights in backpacker or hostel accommodation.
Return visits
Of all backpackers, 32% had visited Australia before.
States
Of all backpackers, 78% visited New South Wales, 65% visited Queensland and 45% visited Victoria.
Duration of stay
Their average duration of stay in Australia was 77 nights.
Expenditure
Spend in Australia
In the year ending 31 December 2009, international visitors spent a total of $17 billion within Australia.
Total trip expenditure
For the same period, international visitors had a total trip expenditure of $26 billion.
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Total Inbound Economic Value (TIEV) Total Inbound Economic Value
During the 12 months to December 2009, international visitors consumed around $25 billion of Australian goods and services. This was an increase of less than 1% (in nominal terms), compared with the previous 12 month period.
Source
The United Kingdom remains Australia's largest source market in terms of economic value, worth $3.2 billion, followed by China ($2.8 billion), New Zealand ($2.0 billion), and the USA ($2.0 billion).
Regional Expenditure
Total expenditure
For the year ended 31 December 2009, modelled international visitor expenditure increased by 3% to $17 billion, compared with the year ended 31 December 2008.
States/Territories
New South Wales received the largest share of expenditure ($6.1 billion, up 1%), followed by Queensland ($3.9 billion, down 4%) and Victoria ($3.8 billion, up 9%).
Regional expenditure
International visitors spent approximately 81% of their expenditure in the capital cities and the Gold Coast ($13.9 billion). The Northern Territory was the most reliant on expenditure in regional areas (67%), followed by Queensland (39%) and Tasmania (38%).
Tourism regions
Among the capital cities and the Gold Coast, the highest expenditure was received by Sydney ($5.5 billion), followed by Melbourne ($3.4 billion), Experience Perth ($1.5 billion) and Brisbane ($1.3 billion). Among regional areas, Tropical North Queensland received the highest expenditure ($813 million), followed by the Sunshine Coast ($222 million) and Petermann ($184 million).
Expenditure per visitor
Expenditure per visitor was highest in Melbourne ($2,385), followed by Experience Perth ($2,250) and Sydney ($2,115).
Expenditure per night
Expenditure per night was highest in Petermann ($395), followed by Tropical North Queensland and the Gold Coast (both $131).
Country of origin
Visitors from Asia had the highest expenditure ($8.2 billion, up 10%) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including $2 billion by Chinese visitors, $960 million by Korean visitors and $851 million by Japanese visitors. Visitors from Europe spent $4.6 billion (down 3%) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including $1.9 billion by United Kingdom visitors and $594 million by German visitors. Visitors from New Zealand spent $1.4 billion (down 9%) and visitors from the USA spent $1.3 billion (down 1%). Expenditure by Chinese, United Kingdom, USA and Korean visitors was highest in New South Wales ($1 billion, $672 million, $544 million and $505 million respectively). In contrast, New Zealand and Japanese visitors spent more in Queensland than in any other State or Territory ($531 million and $371 million respectively).
Purpose of visit
Holiday visitors contributed the most expenditure in Australia ($6.6 billion, no change), followed by visitors who travelled for education purposes ($5.7 billion, up 14%). New South Wales received the most expenditure for all purposes of visit: education ($2.3 billion), holiday ($2.2 billion), visiting friends and relatives ($714 million), and business ($543 million). Queensland received the second highest expenditure from holiday visitors ($2.2 billion) and Victoria received the second highest expenditure for all other purposes of visit: education ($1.6 billion), visiting friends and relatives ($705 million), and business ($408 million).
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Figure 1
Average and median nights in Australia by country of residence
Year ended 31 December 2009 New Zealand
Median
Japan
Average
Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea
Country of residence
China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Total 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Nights Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over.
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Visitors in Australia by main purpose of journey
Visitors for year ended 31 December 3,000
2008
2009
Visitors ('000)
2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 Holiday
Visiting friends & relatives
Business
Education
Employment
Other
Purpose of journey
Figure 3
Visitor nights in Australia by main purpose of journey
Visitor nights for year ended 31 December 70,000
2008
2009
60,000
Nights ('000)
50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 Holiday
Visiting friends & relatives
Business
Education
Employment
Other
Purpose of journey Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over.
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Table 1
Visitors, visitor nights, duration of stay and expenditure by country of residence and main purpose of journey, year ended 31 December 2008 and 2009 Year ended 31 December 2008 Expenditure
Nights in Australia
Country of residence New Zealand
Visitors
Total(a)
'000
'000
Average
Year ended 31 December 2009
Median
Visitors
Total(a)
$million
'000
'000
in Australia
Expenditure
Nights in Australia Average
Median
in Australia $million
1 007
14 132
14
7
1 536
1 005
13 471
13
7
424
8 692
20
5
797
332
7 253
22
5
715
Hong Kong
131
4 327
33
9
530
143
4 627
32
9
526
Singapore
234
5 274
23
7
800
250
5 713
23
7
830
Malaysia
154
5 967
39
10
709
192
6 776
35
8
813
Indonesia
85
3 574
42
11
399
97
3 886
40
11
425
Taiwan
73
3 279
45
8
245
92
4 303
47
8
331
Thailand
74
3 324
45
11
330
76
4 028
53
11
355
202
10 465
52
6
910
168
11 957
71
10
974
China
338
16 079
48
8
1 581
351
19 177
55
9
2 084
India
109
6 574
60
19
510
118
7 149
61
23
595
123
7 573
62
20
501
132
7 442
56
20
611
429
9 300
22
11
1 133
450
9 913
22
11
1 216
119
4 692
40
19
449
117
4 724
40
19
454
632
20 846
33
20
1 909
625
22 577
36
19
1 873 579
Japan
Korea
Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany
1 392
155
7 168
46
23
611
156
7 178
46
22
Scandinavia
81
3 455
43
20
348
81
3 318
41
20
322
France
81
3 750
46
19
293
89
4 759
53
20
348
Italy
57
2 545
45
19
208
53
2 389
45
19
200
Netherlands
52
2 143
41
26
193
49
2 150
44
25
180
Switzerland
38
1 595
42
25
168
41
1 546
38
25
189
Other Europe
192
9 490
49
22
844
179
8 867
50
20
816
Other countries
375
13 599
36
14
1 301
377
13 926
37
13
1 317
2 437
58 899
24
10
5 943
2 398
63 278
26
10
6 215
1 145
29 021
25
14
1 981
1 294
31 258
24
14
2 035
Business
878
10 475
12
6
1 767
756
9 871
13
5
1 568
Education
372
53 250
143
133
5 358
411
57 193
139
129
6 101
Employment
120
12 201
102
75
886
116
12 140
104
71
899
Other
215
4 000
19
5
371
199
3 388
17
2
328
Holiday
2 043
33 269
16
8
4 038
1 982
34 388
17
8
4 000
Visiting friends & relatives
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives
Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers)
1 099
27 292
25
14
1 827
1 248
29 737
24
14
1 913
Business
863
10 098
12
5
1 723
746
9 514
13
5
1 536
Education
306
43 157
141
129
4 505
347
47 729
137
125
5 218
Employment
103
10 056
98
64
737
98
9 613
98
63
732
Other
194
3 208
17
5
322
184
2 344
13
2
261
559
40 765
73
32
3 154
570
43 803
77
33
3 485
5 167
167 845
32
11
16 306
5 175
177 128
34
11
17 146
Backpackers Total
Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over. (a) Total nights in Australia are greater than the sum of nights in the States/Territories (Tables 12, 14, 21, 24, 26 & 27) because nights spent in transit are included.
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Table 2
Visitors, visitor nights, duration of stay and expenditure by country of residence and main purpose of journey, quarter ended 31 December 2008 and 2009 Quarter ended 31 December 2008 Nights in Australia Visitors
Total
'000
'000
Average
Quarter ended 31 December 2009 Nights in Australia
Expenditure
Median
in Australia
Visitors
Total
$million
'000
'000
Average
Expenditure
Median
in Australia $million
Country of residence New Zealand
273
4 101
15
7
392
273
3 666
13
7
381
Japan
105
2 205
21
5
247
89
2 045
23
5
202
Hong Kong
34
1 033
30
10
126
37
911
25
9
106
Singapore
69
1 467
21
7
210
75
1 836
25
7
231
Malaysia
43
1 430
33
11
158
51
1 359
26
8
156 109
Indonesia
23
825
36
10
85
28
1 029
37
13
Taiwan
19
809
42
7
59
20
978
48
6
77
Thailand
16
818
50
11
86
20
919
46
8
83
Korea
45
1 998
45
6
189
44
2 258
51
5
204
China
81
3 107
38
7
292
88
3 876
44
8
412
India
27
1 861
68
18
120
30
1 623
54
20
116
Other Asia
32
1 834
58
15
113
37
1 944
53
18
150
109
2 117
19
11
278
129
2 670
21
10
311
USA Canada
34
1 471
44
20
148
37
1 286
35
18
142
205
6 504
32
20
586
210
6 793
32
19
588
Germany
46
1 996
43
21
183
50
1 620
32
19
141
Scandinavia
27
951
35
19
98
31
1 054
34
19
114
France
23
955
41
18
86
28
1 270
45
18
101
Italy
15
879
59
23
73
17
840
48
19
66
Netherlands
18
574
32
26
63
18
759
43
26
64
Switzerland
12
442
37
23
51
15
437
30
24
55
Other Europe
60
2 716
45
22
250
59
2 925
49
18
260
Other countries
104
3 683
35
14
356
112
3 547
32
11
316
Holiday
714
17 030
24
10
1 790
732
17 511
24
9
1 775
Visiting friends & relatives
371
9 138
25
14
567
420
9 758
23
13
637
Business
197
2 589
13
5
424
192
3 029
16
5
420
67
11 061
166
147
1 150
76
11 789
155
137
1 284
Employment
28
3 181
114
83
242
23
2 544
108
77
188
Other
45
774
17
3
74
54
1 012
19
3
80
United Kingdom
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers)
Education
Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) 606
10 112
17
8
1 253
613
10 338
17
8
1 186
Visiting friends & relatives
Holiday
359
8 652
24
14
527
405
9 363
23
13
602
Business
193
2 463
13
5
412
189
2 879
15
5
410
55
9 352
170
150
981
64
9 994
155
138
1 104
Employment
24
2 482
103
74
196
20
2 055
103
69
157
Other
39
566
14
3
57
49
743
15
3
60
Backpackers
143
10 146
71
33
822
156
10 270
66
29
867
1 420
43 772
31
11
4 248
1 497
45 642
30
10
4 384
Education
Total
Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over.
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Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey,
year ended 31 December 2005 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2009
Year ended 31 December 2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
'000
%
'000
%
'000
%
'000
%
'000
%
New Zealand
986
20
970
19
1 025
20
1 007
19
1 005
19
Japan
636
13
603
12
531
10
424
8
332
6
Hong Kong
143
3
140
3
133
3
131
3
143
3
Singapore
228
5
221
4
229
4
234
5
250
5
Malaysia
148
3
135
3
143
3
154
3
192
4
Indonesia
76
2
75
1
81
2
85
2
97
2
Taiwan
101
2
86
2
85
2
73
1
92
2
Thailand
71
1
68
1
76
1
74
1
76
1
Korea
228
5
238
5
232
4
202
4
168
3
China
272
5
296
6
340
7
338
7
351
7
India
63
1
79
2
89
2
109
2
118
2
Other Asia
76
2
88
2
108
2
123
2
132
3
413
8
428
8
429
8
429
8
450
9
97
2
104
2
109
2
119
2
117
2
660
13
686
13
643
12
632
12
625
12 3
Country of residence
USA Canada United Kingdom
142
3
143
3
146
3
155
3
156
Scandinavia
78
2
79
2
79
2
81
2
81
2
France
60
1
63
1
69
1
81
2
89
2
Italy
49
1
50
1
52
1
57
1
53
1
Netherlands
47
1
49
1
48
1
52
1
49
1
Germany
Switzerland
39
1
40
1
40
1
38
1
41
1
Other Europe
157
3
161
3
179
3
192
4
179
3
Other countries
275
5
299
6
329
6
375
7
377
7
Holiday
2 705
54
2 639
52
2 579
50
2 437
47
2 398
46
Visiting friends & relatives
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) 1 037
21
1 045
20
1 097
21
1 145
22
1 294
25
Business
771
15
823
16
873
17
878
17
756
15
Education
285
6
328
6
349
7
372
7
411
8
75
1
101
2
115
2
120
2
116
2
173
3
164
3
184
4
215
4
199
4
Holiday
2 331
46
2 247
44
2 184
42
2 043
40
1 982
38
Visiting friends & relatives
999
20
999
20
1 048
20
1 099
21
1 248
24
Business
760
15
803
16
856
16
863
17
746
14
Education
236
5
273
5
285
5
306
6
347
7
61
1
77
2
91
2
103
2
98
2
161
3
156
3
167
3
194
4
184
4
499
10
545
11
566
11
559
11
570
11
5 046 Total Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over.
Note: Rounded percentages may not sum to 100.
100
5 099
100
5 197
100
5 167
100
5 175
100
Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers)
Employment Other Backpackers
International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
11
Table 4
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey,
quarter ended 31 December 2005 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2009 Quarter ended 31 December 2005 '000 %
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries
2006 '000 %
2007 '000 %
2008 '000 %
2009 '000 %
252
18
258
17
266
18
273
19
273
18
170
12
160
11
139
10
105
7
89
6
38
3
36
2
32
2
34
2
37
2
66
5
68
5
68
5
69
5
75
5
39
3
40
3
41
3
43
3
51
3
22
2
24
2
26
2
23
2
28
2
20
1
19
1
18
1
19
1
20
1
16
1
16
1
18
1
16
1
20
1
60
4
71
5
58
4
45
3
44
3
74
5
79
5
90
6
81
6
88
6
17
1
20
1
24
2
27
2
30
2
20
1
25
2
28
2
32
2
37
2
103
7
109
7
112
8
109
8
129
9
29
2
30
2
32
2
34
2
37
2
219
16
251
17
211
14
205
14
210
14
44
3
44
3
45
3
46
3
50
3
26
2
27
2
27
2
27
2
31
2
18
1
18
1
20
1
23
2
28
2
16
1
16
1
16
1
15
1
17
1
16
1
17
1
16
1
18
1
18
1
13
1
15
1
14
1
12
1
15
1
53
4
55
4
59
4
60
4
59
4
77
5
88
6
94
6
104
7
112
7
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
772
55
814
55
754
52
714
50
732
49
324
23
340
23
351
24
371
26
420
28
197
14
208
14
215
15
197
14
192
13
55
4
63
4
68
5
67
5
76
5
17
1
22
1
22
2
28
2
23
2
43
3
40
3
45
3
45
3
54
4
669
47
699
47
644
44
606
43
613
41
Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers Total Base: Note:
12
314
22
326
22
334
23
359
25
405
27
194
14
205
14
211
15
193
14
189
13
44
3
52
4
55
4
55
4
64
4
13
1
15
1
19
1
24
2
20
1
41
3
37
3
40
3
39
3
49
3
134
9
151
10
151
10
143
10
156
10
1 409
100
1 486
100
1 454
100
1 420
100
1 497
100
All visitors aged 15 years and over.
Rounded percentages may not sum to 100.
Tourism Research Australia
Table 5
Visitor nights
(a)
by country of residence and main purpose of journey,
year ended 31 December 2005 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2009 Year ended 31 December 2005 '000 Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries
%
2006 '000
%
2007 '000
%
2008 '000
%
2009 '000
%
14 427
11
13 713
9
13 789
9
14 132
8
13 471
8
10 289
8
10 879
7
11 214
7
8 692
5
7 253
4 3
3 317
2
4 106
3
4 229
3
4 327
3
4 627
4 936
4
5 228
3
5 156
3
5 274
3
5 713
3
4 756
4
5 045
3
5 276
3
5 967
4
6 776
4
2 957
2
3 419
2
3 373
2
3 574
2
3 886
2
2 003
1
2 349
2
2 682
2
3 279
2
4 303
2
2 804
2
2 912
2
3 261
2
3 324
2
4 028
2
7 796
6
10 577
7
10 824
7
10 465
6
11 957
7
11 238
8
14 147
9
14 893
9
16 079
10
19 177
11
2 924
2
3 928
3
4 826
3
6 574
4
7 149
4
3 518
3
4 134
3
5 313
3
7 573
5
7 442
4
8 869
7
10 358
7
9 919
6
9 300
6
9 913
6
3 672
3
4 392
3
4 316
3
4 692
3
4 724
3
21 602
16
23 371
15
21 318
13
20 846
12
22 577
13
5 443
4
7 031
5
6 751
4
7 168
4
7 178
4
2 995
2
3 399
2
3 137
2
3 455
2
3 318
2
2 118
2
3 199
2
3 506
2
3 750
2
4 759
3
1 638
1
2 103
1
1 970
1
2 545
2
2 389
1
1 742
1
1 947
1
2 248
1
2 143
1
2 150
1
1 612
1
1 745
1
1 688
1
1 595
1
1 546
1
6 629
5
7 696
5
7 562
5
9 490
6
8 867
5
8 144
6
9 341
6
10 972
7
13 599
8
13 926
8
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
53 103
39
58 523
38
59 437
38
58 899
35
63 278
36
24 361
18
26 713
17
27 387
17
29 021
17
31 258
18
9 534
7
11 310
7
10 407
7
10 475
6
9 871
6
36 932
27
44 835
29
46 263
29
53 250
32
57 193
32
8 051
6
11 017
7
11 079
7
12 201
7
12 140
7
3 445
3
2 621
2
3 647
2
4 000
2
3 388
2
32 472
24
33 464
22
34 548
22
33 269
20
34 388
19
23 146
17
25 159
16
25 682
16
27 292
16
29 737
17
8 977
7
10 630
7
9 876
6
10 098
6
9 514
5
29 904
22
36 997
24
37 434
24
43 157
26
47 729
27
Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers Total Base: Note: (a)
6 121
5
7 073
5
7 793
5
10 056
6
9 613
5
2 872
2
2 412
2
2 490
2
3 208
2
2 344
1
31 935
24
39 284
25
40 396
26
40 765
24
43 803
25
135 426
100
155 020
100
158 220
100
167 845
100
177 128
100
All visitors aged 15 years and over.
Rounded percentages may not sum to 100.
Total nights in Australia are greater than the sum of nights in the States/Territories (Tables 12, 14, 21, 24, 26 & 27) because nights spent in transit are included.
International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
13
Table 6
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey,
quarter ended 31 December 2005 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2009 Quarter ended 31 December 2005
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries
2006
'000
%
2007
'000
%
2008
'000
%
2009
'000
%
'000
%
4 109
11
3 864
9
3 505
9
4 101
9
3 666
8
2 644
7
2 689
6
2 849
7
2 205
5
2 045
4
888
2
892
2
722
2
1 033
2
911
2
1 670
4
1 824
4
1 648
4
1 467
3
1 836
4
1 144
3
1 244
3
1 059
3
1 430
3
1 359
3
722
2
1 091
3
950
2
825
2
1 029
2
463
1
422
1
429
1
809
2
978
2
672
2
684
2
722
2
818
2
919
2
1 793
5
2 797
7
2 250
6
1 998
5
2 258
5
2 176
6
3 411
8
2 987
7
3 107
7
3 876
8
850
2
993
2
1 347
3
1 861
4
1 623
4
867
2
1 041
2
1 263
3
1 834
4
1 944
4
2 224
6
2 317
5
2 668
7
2 117
5
2 670
6
1 173
3
1 271
3
1 294
3
1 471
3
1 286
3
6 650
18
7 853
18
6 278
16
6 504
15
6 793
15
1 515
4
1 546
4
1 522
4
1 996
5
1 620
4
874
2
928
2
811
2
951
2
1 054
2
562
2
1 032
2
916
2
955
2
1 270
3
794
2
687
2
623
2
879
2
840
2
576
2
629
1
725
2
574
1
759
2
449
1
639
1
556
1
442
1
437
1
2 032
5
2 312
5
2 157
5
2 716
6
2 925
6
2 479
7
2 813
7
3 140
8
3 683
8
3 547
8
14 971
40
17 383
40
16 540
41
17 030
39
17 511
38
8 020
21
8 861
21
7 477
18
9 138
21
9 758
21
2 747
7
3 154
7
2 878
7
2 589
6
3 029
7
8 601
23
10 077
23
10 910
27
11 061
25
11 789
26
2 299
6
2 674
6
1 895
5
3 181
7
2 544
6
691
2
829
2
720
2
774
2
1 012
2
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
9 491
25
10 484
24
10 008
25
10 112
23
10 338
23
7 669
21
8 408
20
6 993
17
8 652
20
9 363
21
2 592
7
2 940
7
2 747
7
2 463
6
2 879
6
6 979
19
8 383
20
8 932
22
9 352
21
9 994
22
1 685
5
1 617
4
1 466
4
2 482
6
2 055
5
611
2
781
2
485
1
566
1
743
2
8 302
22
10 365
24
9 790
24
10 146
23
10 270
23
37 329
100
42 978
100
40 420
100
43 772
100
45 642
100
Backpackers
Total Base: Note:
14
All visitors aged 15 years and over.
Rounded percentages may not sum to 100.
Tourism Research Australia
Table 7
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey by first or return visit Year ended 31 December 2009 First visit '000
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers Total
Return visit %
'000
Total visitors %
'000
64
6
942
94
1 005
181
54
152
46
332
43
30
99
70
143
45
18
205
82
250
49
25
143
75
192
28
29
69
71
97
56
61
36
39
92
28
37
48
63
76
109
65
59
35
168
174
50
177
50
351
66
57
51
43
118
54
41
78
59
132
245
54
206
46
450
61
52
56
48
117
263
42
362
58
625
87
56
69
44
156
48
60
33
40
81
56
63
33
37
89
32
61
21
39
53
25
50
25
50
49
21
52
19
48
41
100
56
79
44
179
139
37
239
63
377
1 200
50
1 198
50
2 398
314
24
979
76
1 294
205
27
551
73
756
163
40
248
60
411
38
32
79
68
116
55
28
144
72
199
907
46
1 075
54
1 982
290
23
958
77
1 248
199
27
547
73
746
120
35
227
65
347
27
27
71
73
98
48
26
136
74
184
386
68
184
32
570
1 975
38
3 199
62
5 175
Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over. Note: Rounded percentages may not sum to 100. Total visitors includes â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;not statedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; responses.
International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
15
Table 8
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey
by type of travel arrangements
Year ended 31 December 2009 Package tour visitors
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Total Base:
16
Non-package tour visitors
Group tour '000
Non-group '000
Total '000
Group tour '000
Non-group '000
Total '000
Total visitors '000
6
93
99
5
901
907
1 005
51
123
174
4
155
159
332
6
8
14
2
127
129
143
6
16
22
2
226
227
250
5
14
20
1
172
173
192
8
4
12
1
84
85
97
31
6
37
1
55
56
92
3
0
4
0
72
73
76 168
35
13
49
3
116
119
131
11
142
5
204
209
351
2
7
10
1
106
108
118
2
3
5
1
126
127
132
17
38
55
5
391
396
450
2
8
10
1
107
108
117
7
53
60
3
563
565
625
3
18
21
1
134
135
156
2
11
13
1
67
67
81
2
10
12
1
76
77
89
1
9
9
0
43
43
53
1
5
7
1
42
42
49
1
6
7
1
32
34
41
3
14
17
1
162
163
179
3
19
22
4
351
355
377
289
398
687
19
1 692
1 711
2 398
1
28
29
1
1 263
1 264
1 294
19
35
54
14
688
702
756
9
16
25
4
382
386
411
0
2
3
2
112
114
116
10
10
20
6
173
179
199
286
375
661
15
1 305
1 321
1 982
1
28
28
1
1 219
1 219
1 248
19
35
54
13
679
692
746
6
12
19
3
326
329
347
0
2
2
1
95
96
98
9
10
20
6
158
164
184
6
29
35
6
529
535
570
327
491
819
46
4 311
4 356
5 175
All visitors aged 15 years and over.
Tourism Research Australia
Table 9
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey
by State/Territory visited(a)
Year ended 31 December 2009 New South Wales
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Victoria
'000
%
'000
%
Queensland
South Australia
'000
%
'000
%
357
13
231
15
398
20
37
10
130
5
40
3
205
10
9
2
84
3
39
3
38
2
10
3
73
3
75
5
43
2
11
3
43
2
73
5
41
2
10
3
43
2
37
2
16
1
3
1
60
2
26
2
50
3
5
1
43
2
22
1
8
0
4
1
132
5
33
2
62
3
6
2
236
9
163
11
153
8
14
4
55
2
51
3
27
1
4
1
59
2
42
3
21
1
7
2
305
11
130
8
157
8
33
9
83
3
38
2
51
3
13
4
377
14
201
13
247
13
73
20
108
4
59
4
81
4
32
9
54
2
29
2
41
2
10
3
61
2
29
2
44
2
15
4
37
1
24
2
25
1
10
3
32
1
22
1
24
1
9
2
28
1
16
1
20
1
9
3
119
4
64
4
73
4
19
5
191
7
89
6
144
7
18
5
55
1 383
51
734
48
1 245
63
199
585
22
365
24
366
19
79
22
391
14
220
14
165
8
36
10
208
8
144
9
119
6
31
9
50
2
31
2
32
2
9
3
94
3
36
2
41
2
7
2
1 046
39
541
35
964
49
121
34
555
20
346
23
341
17
73
20
385
14
217
14
161
8
36
10
158
6
111
7
76
4
22
6
38
1
23
2
22
1
6
2
82
3
32
2
34
2
4
1
447
16
259
17
370
19
99
27
Total 2 711 100 1 531 100 1 968 100 Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over. Note: Rounded shares may sum to more than 100. Visitors by State or Territory sum to more than total visitors because some visitors stopover in more than one State or Territory. (a) Visitors who spent at least one night in the State/Territory.
International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
361
100 Continued...
17
Table 9 (continued)
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey by State/Territory visited(a) Year ended 31 December 2009
Western Australia Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Tasmania
Northern Territory
'000
%
'000
%
'000
%
'000
%
64
9
13
10
18
5
14
9
24
4
5
4
26
8
4
3
12
2
5
4
4
1
3
2
75
11
5
4
8
2
4
2
59
8
5
4
3
1
5
3
23
3
1
1
2
1
2
2
6
1
4
3
4
1
4
2
11
2
2
2
1
0
3
2
10
1
3
2
4
1
6
4
9
1
6
4
1
0
11
7
14
2
2
1
1
0
4
3
17
3
1
1
7
2
5
4
42
6
16
12
33
10
18
12
17
2
6
4
11
3
6
4
157
23
22
16
65
19
23
15
27
4
9
7
39
12
10
6
12
2
6
4
12
3
5
3
13
2
4
3
22
7
4
2
7
1
3
2
16
5
2
1
10
1
3
2
11
3
4
2
10
1
3
2
13
4
3
2
27
4
6
4
23
7
8
5
48
7
8
5
13
4
9
6
318
46
77
55
255
76
72
47
195
28
31
22
26
8
36
23
86
12
12
8
21
6
20
13
46
7
15
10
16
5
20
13
30
4
3
2
11
3
4
2
18
3
1
1
8
2
3
2
243
35
49
35
151
45
46
30
185
27
28
20
21
6
34
22
85
12
12
8
21
6
19
12
37
5
8
6
4
1
15
10
25
4
2
2
8
2
2
2
16
2
1
1
5
2
2
1
103
15
39
28
126
38
36
23
155
100
Total 694 100 139 100 336 100 Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over. Note: Rounded shares may sum to more than 100. Visitors by State or Territory sum to more than total visitors because some visitors stopover in more than one State or Territory. (a) Visitors who spent at least one night in the State/Territory.
18
Australian Capital Territory
Tourism Research Australia
Table 10
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey
for selected regions
(a)
Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Total Base: Note: (a)
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Tropical North Queensland
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
314
206
156
204
34
125
38
28
116
89
83
38
20
16
14
71
72
25
22
3
39
71
16
27
1
41
36
9
8
1
59
25
34
24
7
40
21
4
3
1
129
32
33
32
12
231
162
63
102
41
54
49
14
11
8
56
40
15
5
3
287
122
61
33
83
77
34
29
15
25
348
178
139
78
121
102
55
50
18
48
51
28
24
13
24
59
28
26
11
25
35
23
11
5
15
30
19
13
7
15
27
16
12
6
11
111
60
42
22
39
180
84
89
35
33
1 328
698
495
589
528
521
328
198
125
49
374
209
112
36
23
192
139
68
44
31
45
29
17
7
8
90
34
23
12
11
1 002
510
304
483
343
493
310
182
116
41
369
206
109
36
22
144
107
44
26
11
34
21
11
5
3
78
30
19
9
6
430
253
245
139
224
2 550
1 437
913
813
All visitors aged 15 years and over. Numbers sum to more than total visitors because some visitors stopover in more than one region. Visitors who spent at least one night in the region.
International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
650
Continued...
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Table 10 (continued)
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey
for selected regions
(a)
Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Total Base: Note: (a)
20
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Darwin
Alice Springs
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
34
58
9
14
5
7
23
4
3
3
9
12
5
1
3
11
74
4
6
1
10
59
5
3
0
3
22
1
2
0
5
6
4
2
3
4
11
1
1
0
6
10
2
2
3
14
9
4
0
0 0
3
13
0
1
6
16
0
6
0
30
40
13
12
18
11
17
5
6
6
65
154
17
28
38
29
26
8
23
23
9
11
5
4
7
15
12
3
12
17
9
7
3
6
9
8
9
3
7
7
8
10
2
5
8
18
25
5
13
10
15
46
6
8
4
182
310
68
114
137
68
188
22
13
10
34
82
7
17
2
29
45
11
8
9
8
27
2
6
5
6
18
1
7
3
109
237
43
55
67
62
179
19
11
7
33
81
7
17
2
21
37
6
2
2
5
22
2
4
3
4
16
1
4
1
93
99
35
71
85
328
670
112
166
166
All visitors aged 15 years and over. Numbers sum to more than total visitors because some visitors stopover in more than one region. Visitors who spent at least one night in the region.
Tourism Research Australia
Table 11
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey by type of transport used between stopovers Year ended 31 December 2009
Aircraft
Long distance train
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
96
89
6
6
98
28
Private or company car Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Total Base:
All visitors aged 15 years and over.
International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
Self-drive van, Taxi or motor-home or chauffeur Rental car campervan driven hire car
14
5
0
2
105
5
9
9
0
3
35
4
15
24
1
3
35
2
14
11
0
1
30
3
5
1
0
1
22
1
7
6
0
0
32
3
6
2
0
0
13
1
18
2
0
1
61
8
21
4
0
2
147
2
10
2
0
1
26
1
19
2
0
1
24
3
50
42
3
5
160
17
20
15
3
2
52
9
121
87
24
7
259
36
23
28
15
1
76
15
12
13
4
1
36
8
15
15
7
2
42
6
6
11
1
0
29
3
9
10
5
1
23
4
7
10
5
1
21
2
31
23
8
4
72
11
47
18
4
3
88
8
223
297
73
23
907
110
231
77
9
5
254
39
36
29
1
10
159
5
55
16
4
8
106
17
19
5
2
2
37
5
9
3
1
1
22
2
147
228
37
16
651
52
219
68
7
5
225
32
34
28
1
9
154
3
39
7
1
6
57
7
14
3
0
2
26
2
7
3
0
1
16
1
113
90
43
11
355
81
573
427
89
49
1 485
178
Continued...
21
Table 11 (continued)
Visitors by country of residence and main purpose of journey
by type of transport used between stopovers Year ended 31 December 2009
Long distance coach or bus
Ship, boat or ferry
Local public transport
Hotel or motel shuttle/ courtesy bus
Charter/ tour bus
Four wheel drive
Other
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
13
9
15
3
9
1
2
7
4
11
1
9
0
2
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
2
3
2
1
3
0
0
5
1
5
1
4
0
0
1
1
2
0
2
0
0
3
3
5
1
13
0
0
2
1
2
0
1
0
0
11
2
8
1
4
0
0
5
2
2
1
36
0
1
2
1
3
0
1
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
0
21
21
9
3
19
1
2
13
9
5
2
6
1
1
68
46
23
4
38
3
8
26
18
6
1
21
1
3
17
12
5
0
9
0
1
13
9
5
0
8
1
1
7
8
3
0
7
0
0
8
7
2
1
8
0
0
8
7
1
0
6
0
1
21
13
7
1
10
1
2
12
6
7
1
3
1
1
208
142
81
17
180
8
20
24
21
20
1
13
1
2
4
5
6
3
7
0
1
24
12
20
1
15
1
3
7
4
5
0
3
0
1
4
2
1
0
2
0
0
45
52
32
12
112
3
5
15
15
17
0
8
1
1
3
5
5
3
7
0
1
7
2
12
0
6
0
1
2
2
3
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
Backpackers
199
109
63
6
85
6
19
Total
270
186
132
23
219
10
27
Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
Base:
22
All visitors aged 15 years and over.
Tourism Research Australia
Table 12
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey by State/Territory visited Year ended 31 December 2009 New South Wales
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
Victoria
'000
%
'000
3 609
6
2 097
2 380
4
1 026
1 662
3
1 091
1 363
2
1 996
830
1
1 280 1 256
Queensland %
South Australia Western Australia
'000
%
'000
%
'000
5
5 167
13
3
2 393
6
3
708
2
299
5
527
1
179
2 498
7
580
1
448
2
1 258
3
346
1
2
482
1
1 685
4
1 657
3
1 065
3
259
5 594
9
1 232
3
%
385
5
1 641
8
256
4
867
4
4
461
2
2
1 423
7
6
1 827
9
76
1
678
3
92
1
520
2
1
145
2
635
3
3 609
9
272
4
758
4 2
8 552
14
6 327
16
1 846
5
1 168
16
428
2 095
3
3 307
9
871
2
111
2
605
3
2 585
4
1 990
5
803
2
409
6
1 268
6
3 916
6
1 855
5
2 115
5
397
5
903
4
1 704
3
740
2
1 270
3
209
3
484
2
7 462
12
3 663
10
5 467
14
1 070
15
3 805
18
2 178
4
967
3
2 240
6
326
5
822
4
976
2
607
2
1 078
3
89
1
290
1
1 494
2
760
2
1 355
3
239
3
525
2
952
2
631
2
443
1
161
2
73
0
724
1
325
1
523
1
58
1
327
2
457
1
155
0
479
1
68
1
236
1
3 571
6
1 506
4
1 932
5
366
5
1 031
5
4 995
8
2 787
7
3 378
9
402
6
1 785
8
20 643
34
9 629
25
19 586
50
2 130
29
7 301
34
10 419
17
7 653
20
6 172
16
1 249
17
4 554
21
3 560
6
2 444
6
1 188
3
428
6
1 725
8
21 818
36
15 708
41
9 042
23
2 731
38
4 758
22
3 558
6
2 309
6
2 392
6
556
8
2 608
12
1 295
2
625
2
694
2
132
2
444
2
11 746
19
5 793
15
9 581
25
1 177
16
4 285
20
10 035
16
7 391
19
5 677
15
1 197
17
4 311
20
3 390
6
2 375
6
1 152
3
423
6
1 670
8
18 672
30
13 822
36
6 395
16
2 347
32
4 088
19
2 870
5
1 747
5
1 847
5
403
6
2 170
10
1 014
2
539
1
303
1
74
1
329
2
Backpackers
13 566
22
6 701
17
14 121
36
1 604
22
4 539
21
Total
61 293
100
38 368
100
39 075
100
7 225
100
21 391
100
Base: Note:
All visitors aged 15 years and over. Rounded percentages may not sum to 100.
International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
Continued...
23
Table 12 (continued)
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey
by State/Territory visited Year ended 31 December 2009 Australian Tasmania '000
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Total Base: Note: (a)
24
Northern Territory %
'000
%
125
5
321
9
114
4
80
2
Capital Territory '000
Total nights(a)
%
'000
%
72
2
13 418
8
131
4
7 246
4 3
82
3
67
2
255
8
4 624
68
3
59
2
96
3
5 710
3
369
14
61
2
158
5
6 772
4 2
6
0
46
1
195
6
3 884
133
5
83
2
47
2
4 298
2
111
4
93
3
61
2
4 027
2
143
5
159
4
181
6
11 948
7
233
9
29
1
589
20
19 173
11 4
26
1
51
1
81
3
7 147
67
3
167
5
151
5
7 441
4
155
6
278
8
208
7
9 827
6
118
4
130
4
43
1
4 697
3
283
11
541
15
164
5
22 455
13
136
5
359
10
88
3
7 118
4
70
3
95
3
89
3
3 294
2
70
3
244
7
47
2
4 734
3 1
22
1
92
3
10
0
2 383
51
2
116
3
8
0
2 132
1
52
2
78
2
11
0
1 536
1
65
2
300
8
55
2
8 826
5
141
5
151
4
266
9
13 906
8
945
36
2 181
61
469
16
62 886
36
460
17
284
8
421
14
31 211
18
91
3
297
8
110
4
9 842
6
1 001
38
280
8
1 827
61
57 167
32
107
4
422
12
161
5
12 113
7
35
1
134
4
18
1
3 378
2
477
18
903
25
270
9
34 233
19
430
16
252
7
410
14
29 703
17
90
3
294
8
92
3
9 487
5
728
28
146
4
1 526
51
47 724
27
98
4
318
9
139
5
9 593
5
30
1
40
1
11
0
2 340
1
784
30
1 645
46
558
19
43 517
25
2 639
100
3 598
100
3 005
100
176 597
100
All visitors aged 15 years and over.
Rounded shares may sum to more than 100.
Total nights are less than visitor nights in Australia (Tables 1 and 5) because nights spent in transit are excluded.
Tourism Research Australia
Table 13
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey
for selected regions
Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Tropical North Queensland
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
2 799
1 606
1 356
2 103
311
2 172
910
640
905
576
1 564
1 041
486
79
61
1 307
1 863
323
107
15
661
2 293
376
154
4
1 090
1 218
158
91
31
1 176
430
1 210
204
129
1 418
1 000
156
27
21
5 155
1 095
1 964
459
521 125
7 793
6 225
1 172
426
2 006
3 166
515
119
83
2 370
1 876
568
24
40
3 078
1 565
590
425
484
1 184
570
412
161
248
5 893
2 818
1 854
735
1 107
1 666
667
583
213
651
734
529
216
177
304 339
1 189
611
441
116
808
533
104
98
134
531
237
111
61
168
297
110
117
57
107
3 075
1 319
689
386
396
4 262
2 557
1 518
587
357
17 034
7 956
5 889
3 908
4 525
8 542
6 473
2 835
1 317
432
3 065
2 201
607
172
114
19 344
15 045
5 130
1 765
732
3 042
2 013
911
391
222
1 199
549
186
161
187
10 186
4 796
2 622
3 030
1 975
8 251
6 252
2 637
1 237
373
2 906
2 138
587
171
105
16 795
13 362
3 957
1 222
424
2 450
1 580
684
376
124
950
472
69
129
57
Backpackers
10 688
5 638
5 002
1 550
3 153
Total
52 226
34 237
15 558
7 715
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
Base:
All visitors aged 15 years and over.
International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
6 213
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25
Table 13 (continued)
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey
for selected regions
Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Darwin
Alice Springs
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
293
875
64
190
60
158
735
65
18
18
287
447
54
20
10
162
1 318
39
32
3
444
1 792
238
52
0
76
626
4
39
1
59
406
29
38
13
133
504
48
91
0
195
672
80
58
60
1 163
423
196
26
0
109
552
5
27
24
399
987
11
50
1
312
706
80
79
117
170
361
66
72
28
856
3 026
125
212
123
248
473
57
156
78
54
237
49
56
19
201
297
23
120
70
110
60
14
32
23
31
146
16
50
33
35
154
24
22
22
321
786
43
149
92
320
1 424
94
85
26
1 543
5 307
385
907
558
1 033
3 832
263
147
50
358
1 074
55
159
25
2 648
4 595
631
166
41
464
1 832
68
218
128
90
366
24
77
21
876
3 321
217
356
190
988
3 627
243
135
39
354
1 057
54
158
24
2 272
3 995
443
83
13
339
1 540
62
163
106
61
277
22
34
1
Backpackers
1 246
3 187
385
745
448
Total
6 136
17 006
1 425
1 674
821
Base:
26
All visitors aged 15 years and over.
Tourism Research Australia
Table 14
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey
by type of accommodation used
Year ended 31 December 2009
Hotel, resort, motel, motor inn '000 Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Total Base: na
Rented house/ Backpacker apartment/ Home of friend hotel/hostel flat/unit or relative
Caravan park/ commercial camping ground
Caravan/ camping by the side of the road
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
2 892
271
3 022
5 444
315
38
1 219
477
2 925
657
41
19
511
123
2 006
906
12
1
1 012
71
2 268
966
17
9
610
153
3 483
1 699
9
0
355
19
1 792
863
0
7
329
399
2 117
634
70
7
241
45
2 265
873
8
1
768
729
7 169
1 296
234
4
1 603
64
11 240
4 006
2
0
840
68
3 652
2 111
11
1
347
38
3 207
2 915
7
0
2 505
603
2 226
2 788
96
72
719
751
1 157
1 325
98
85
2 965
3 929
4 646
8 732
671
202
935
1 975
1 139
1 213
510
160
439
832
781
614
84
43
376
1 343
1 168
672
356
190
357
304
853
589
54
23
326
587
321
542
156
63
297
239
121
270
193
55
850
1 511
3 124
2 129
238
68
1 303
532
4 488
5 011
149
76
12 187
12 212
15 703
14 313
2 652
844
2 059
406
1 933
25 607
250
75
4 895
59
2 403
876
36
12
1 295
1 330
36 460
3 731
161
79
909
741
7 263
1 300
157
49
451
315
1 406
428
77
69
11 104
na
7 983
11 125
1 211
213
1 997
na
1 789
24 813
217
48
4 845
na
2 258
857
28
11
1 094
na
31 718
3 383
54
17
793
na
6 347
1 015
88
4
426
na
1 091
339
9
8
1 538
15 064
13 980
4 723
1 725
827
21 796
15 064
65 167
46 255
3 332
1 128
All visitors aged 15 years and over.
Not applicable.
International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
Continued...
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Table 14 (continued)
Visitor nights by country of residence and main purpose of journey
by type of accommodation used Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Total Base: (a)
28
Guest house, bed and breakfast
Boat, houseboat, cabin cruiser or cruise ship
Educational institution
Homestay
Other
Total nights(a)
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
'000
62
73
138
79
743
13 418
25
3
248
1 340
81
7 246
27
2
483
492
12
4 624
18
28
495
269
265
5 710
5
2
524
104
45
6 772
21
19
216
356
52
3 884
4
2
126
416
81
4 298
8
2
153
288
74
4 027
69
1
211
1 189
217
11 948 19 173
31
8
519
1 141
71
28
8
180
123
92
7 147
17
6
276
310
194
7 441
76
83
953
120
233
9 827
49
58
242
55
126
4 697 22 455
147
129
264
162
377
100
36
117
655
236
7 118
9
40
273
137
36
3 294
50
54
95
337
77
4 734
27
10
46
106
14
2 383
19
17
21
44
36
2 132
8
8
16
324
5
1 536
116
42
198
366
166
8 826
51
30
738
1 108
360
13 906
577
338
252
1 811
1 322
62 886
105
18
17
50
96
31 211
67
144
77
160
796
9 842
108
23
6 040
7 079
230
57 167
60
130
116
234
925
12 113
48
8
30
185
222
3 378
303
184
177
740
530
34 233
98
10
13
39
87
29 703
67
143
65
108
788
9 487
75
8
4 666
5 876
207
47 724
35
76
101
133
774
9 593
36
2
22
121
147
2 340
352
238
1 486
2 502
1 059
43 517
967
661
6 531
9 519
3 592
176 597
All visitors aged 15 years and over. Total nights in accommodation are less than visitor nights in Australia (Tables 1 and 5) because nights spent in transit are excluded.
Tourism Research Australia
Table 15
Expenditure for package tour visitors by country of residence
and main purpose of journey by expenditure category
Year ended 31 December 2009
Package tour(a) Total Average $million $ Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries
Other pre-payments Total Average $million $
Expenditure within Australia Total Average $million $
Number of package tour Total Average visitors $million $ '000
118
1 190
8
83
93
939
219
2 213
99
525
3 018
13
76
163
939
701
4 032
174
27
1 932
2
138
21
1 528
50
3 597
14
36
1 617
1
61
17
747
54
2 425
22 20
32
1 647
0
18
13
652
45
2 317
28
2 336
1
113
14
1 205
43
3 653
12
78
2 113
0
7
23
630
101
2 750
37
8
2 011
2
415
8
2 005
17
4 431
4
121
2 481
1
23
43
881
165
3 386
49
451
3 180
9
66
255
1 799
716
5 045
142
34
3 544
0
21
7
702
41
4 267
10
10
1 997
0
58
4
881
14
2 936
5
338
6 192
16
288
68
1 238
421
7 718
55
57
5 959
2
217
15
1 592
75
7 768
10
346
5 797
7
124
96
1 613
450
7 534
60
138
6 623
4
202
52
2 484
194
9 310
21
71
5 304
1
63
27
2 034
100
7 401
13
71
5 891
2
201
22
1 806
95
7 897
12
77
8 067
1
60
13
1 330
90
9 456
9
43
6 369
0
71
17
2 544
61
8 984
7
71
9 942
3
391
20
2 834
93
13 167
7
105
6 343
5
294
36
2 159
145
8 795
17
68
3 075
23
1 051
42
1 897
133
6 023
22
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
2 396 95 153 147 6 55
3 487 3 221 2 828 5 860 2 459 2 726
48 2 11 42 0 2
70 65 199 1 659 15 86
840 40 63 97 4 24
1 223 1 375 1 164 3 892 1 406 1 202
3 284 137 227 286 10 81
4 779 4 661 4 191 11 412 3 880 4 014
687 29 54 25 3 20
Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
2 286 92 152 92 5 54
3 458 3 239 2 834 4 941 2 224 2 728
41 2 11 31 0 2
62 67 198 1 680 20 89
746 38 63 64 2 23
1 128 1 339 1 167 3 443 913 1 171
3 073 132 226 188 6 78
4 648 4 645 4 200 10 064 3 157 3 987
661 28 54 19 2 20
171
4 911
17
484
133
3 821
321
9 216
35
Backpackers
Total 2 852 3 484 104 127 1 069 1 306 4 025 4 917 819 Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over. (a) Expenditure on package tours includes pre-paid international airfares and expenditure on accommodation and other tour components in Australia and other countries.
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Table 16
Expenditure for non-package tour visitors by country of residence and main
purpose of journey by expenditure category
Year ended 31 December 2009 Pre-paid international airfares(a) Total Average $million
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries
Other pre-payments Total Average
Expenditure within Australia Total Average
Total Average
$
$million
$
$million
$
$million
Number of non-package tour visitors
$
'000
441
487
136
150
1 155
1 274
1 732
1 910
907
266
1 677
99
623
440
2 772
805
5 072
159
133
1 031
70
542
432
3 359
635
4 932
129
204
897
154
677
658
2 892
1 016
4 467
227
136
790
157
909
643
3 721
936
5 419
173
79
924
85
1 002
324
3 804
488
5 730
85
65
1 167
34
619
273
4 910
372
6 695
56
73
1 011
54
742
292
4 019
419
5 771
73
150
1 256
97
810
833
6 977
1 080
9 043
119
232
1 108
222
1 063
1 597
7 644
2 051
9 815
209
145
1 341
113
1 048
475
4 408
733
6 797
108
138
1 089
91
718
515
4 058
745
5 865
127
813
2 053
195
494
938
2 369
1 946
4 916
396
242
2 247
48
446
389
3 613
679
6 305
108
1 171
2 071
141
249
1 628
2 880
2 940
5 200
565
334
2 470
63
466
460
3 404
857
6 340
135
170
2 520
20
302
273
4 057
464
6 879
67
171
2 223
21
268
304
3 947
495
6 438
77
111
2 560
16
361
171
3 938
298
6 859
43
114
2 693
13
303
149
3 522
277
6 519
42
95
2 838
29
871
137
4 063
261
7 772
34
372
2 286
51
316
724
4 456
1 148
7 059
163
600
1 691
132
371
1 120
3 155
1 853
5 217
355
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
2 550 1 624 1 135 519 148 280
1 490 1 284 1 617 1 345 1 298 1 565
500 124 154 1 223 5 34
292 98 220 3 167 40 192
4 827 1 868 1 339 4 739 890 268
2 821 1 478 1 908 12 269 7 822 1 498
7 877 3 617 2 629 6 481 1 043 582
4 603 2 860 3 745 16 781 9 160 3 256
1 711 1 264 702 386 114 179
Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
1 790 1 547 1 119 408 123 254
1 355 1 269 1 617 1 243 1 282 1 546
411 117 151 1 036 3 30
311 96 219 3 152 36 185
2 802 1 756 1 311 4 087 727 206
2 121 1 440 1 895 12 441 7 563 1 256
5 002 3 421 2 581 5 531 853 490
3 787 2 805 3 730 16 836 8 880 2 987
1 321 1 219 692 329 96 164
Backpackers
1 014
1 895
292
546
3 042
5 685
4 349
8 126
535
3 198
22 228
5 103
4 356
Total Base: Note: (a)
30
6 255 1 436 2 041 469 13 931 All visitors aged 15 years and over. Non-package tour visitors are visitors who did not arrive on an inclusive, pre-paid package tour. Excludes international airfares purchased in Australia.
Tourism Research Australia
Table 17
Average expenditure for all visitors(a) by country of residence and main purpose of journey by expenditure item
Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Package tour $
Pre-paid international Organised airfares tours $ $
International airfares Other Self-drive cars,
bought in Domestic transport rent-a-cars,
Australia airfares fares campervans
$ $ $ $
117
439
24
25
15
56
1 578
800
208
43
36
68
56 22
190
930
97
47
44
111
40 67
144
817
34
22
27
92
168
709
32
58
31
90
36
285
811
23
71
27
123
36 28
842
702
102
55
51
117
100
960
22
54
30
164
32
721
891
101
144
77
216
20
1 286
660
61
214
24
133
8
293
1 231
37
115
37
211
21 14
74
1 049
17
106
28
157
751
1 804
168
36
79
107
72
489
2 062
236
76
136
138
117
554
1 873
194
55
97
137
119
884
2 140
313
46
136
156
250
883
2 101
275
98
125
187
87
798
1 922
227
76
137
166
129
1 448
2 100
227
42
171
165
102
874
2 324
393
37
116
134
232
1 733
2 343
404
31
136
149
396
585
2 076
217
98
135
199
120
180
1 592
54
71
53
125
52
999
1 063
193
36
72
107
99
73
1 255
44
24
42
58
41
203
1 501
19
28
32
104
58
357
1 263
116
373
88
366
42
56
1 269
95
326
119
279
78
277
1 406
48
30
23
72
17
1 154
903
124
22
38
71
86 39
74
1 240
35
24
38
54
204
1 500
17
27
31
104
55
266
1 176
60
396
45
360
30
46
1 255
55
332
86
261
78
292
1 380
19
24
13
57
12
300
1 779
476
120
233
281
145
Total 551 1 209 116 65 59 117 70 Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over. Continued... (a) Average expenditure data in this table are different from those presented in Table 18 as, in this table, average expenditure per international visitor is calculated by dividing expenditure by all international visitors, rather than dividing it only by the number of international visitors who had expenditure on that item. International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
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Table 17 (continued)
Average expenditure for all visitors(a) by country of residence and main purpose of journey by expenditure item
Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Petrol and oil for self-drive Shopping - Shopping cars or other items for use items to take Total Food, drink and vehicles in Australia home shopping accommodation $ $ $ $ $
Horse racing and gambling Entertainment $ $
31
58
234
292
680
19
14
66
352
418
826
27
35
34
115
273
388
1 587
44
87
36
120
275
395
1 268
39
50
45
192
297
488
1 447
43
76
25
135
368
502
1 624
33
58
53
135
377
513
1 410
42
57
32
168
354
523
1 901
13
88
73
279
389
668
2 626
82
71
39
243
909
1 152
1 755
71
85
54
220
252
472
2 023
18
62
65
241
373
614
1 697
32
66
34
68
212
280
1 266
14
69
97
121
216
338
1 923
16
110
69
129
183
312
1 699
18
99
136
116
186
302
1 786
5
102
76
160
304
465
1 966
16
118
148
188
226
415
2 070
7
116 106
73
122
312
434
1 968
4
135
145
219
364
1 821
9
111
192
155
257
413
1 915
5
105
94
223
301
524
2 429
12
153
56
157
365
522
1 444
20
81
58
87
367
453
1 256
31
83
37
99
286
385
678
18
49
25
54
207
262
1 217
22
26
108
577
367
944
4 911
41
201
182
478
264
742
4 268
39
150
22
75
139
214
689
18
25
40
61
395
456
928
31
66
37
97
289
386
658
18
46
25
53
208
261
1 214
22
25
110
586
380
966
4 889
41
194
167
466
267
733
4 042
30
132
14
65
141
205
565
17
17
130
247
235
482
2 981
31
171
Total 53 132 312 445 1 442 27 Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over. Continued... (a) Average expenditure data in this table are different from those presented in Table 18 as, in this table, average expenditure per international visitor is calculated by dividing expenditure by all international visitors, rather than dividing it only by the number of international visitors who had expenditure on that item.
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Table 17 (continued)
Average expenditure for all visitors(a) by country of residence and main purpose of journey by expenditure item
Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Motor Education vehicles fees $ $
Phone, internet, fax and/or postage $
Other(b) $
Total $
Total excluding package tours and pre-paid international airfares $
Total visitors '000 1 005
41
33
20
43
1 940
1 384
22
365
31
37
4 528
2 150
332
42
1 036
65
60
4 801
3 681
143
124
1 086
44
41
4 284
3 323
250
202
1 555
72
53
5 104
4 227
192
66
1 626
97
69
5 477
4 381
97
55
984
63
50
5 124
3 580
92
28
1 580
102
75
5 704
4 644
76 168
152
1 364
115
81
7 400
5 788
345
1 893
88
74
7 886
5 941
351
161
1 665
99
89
6 588
5 065
118
236
1 418
121
66
5 757
4 635
132
88
386
41
60
5 255
2 700
450
68
484
65
69
6 425
3 874
117
54
28
57
58
5 423
2 996
625 156
123
243
65
50
6 737
3 712
29
402
83
57
6 966
3 982
81
113
176
85
51
6 636
3 915
89
19
325
66
73
7 325
3 777
53
115
69
60
63
6 857
3 660
49
234
544
64
48
8 712
4 636
41
109
280
102
84
7 219
4 559
179
181
665
76
92
5 264
3 493
377
51
82
42
28
4 654
2 591
2 398
57
91
20
30
2 901
1 573
1 294
71
30
43
138
3 777
2 073
756
413
6 816
273
142
16 454
14 835
411
875
130
253
182
9 041
7 716
116
157
207
37
90
3 333
1 650
199
34
74
25
22
4 075
2 018
1 982
57
94
19
29
2 847
1 533
1 248
72
28
42
137
3 764
2 060
746
444
7 077
273
145
16 472
15 030
347
970
138
246
191
8 761
7 460
98
158
203
30
87
3 094
1 422
184
145
709
138
71
8 193
6 114
570
Total 107 618 59 59 5 073 3 313 5 175 Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over. (a) Average expenditure data in this table are different from those presented in Table 18 as, in this table, average expenditure per international visitor is calculated by dividing expenditure by all international visitors, rather than dividing it only by the number of international visitors who had expenditure on that item. (b) Includes convention registration fees, medical expenses and other expenses not specified elsewhere.
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Table 18
Average expenditure by visitors with expenditure on item(a)
by country of residence and main purpose of journey by expenditure item
Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other Backpackers
Total Base: (a)
34
Package tour $
Pre-paid international airfares $
International Organised airfares bought in tours Australia $ $
Domestic airfares $
Other transport fares $
1 190
487
250
482
258
81
3 018
1 677
423
743
440
119
1 932
1 031
466
1 171
345
147
1 617
897
234
801
357
128
1 647
790
264
729
261
131
2 336
924
237
773
299
177
2 113
1 167
475
769
391
230
2 011
1 011
188
892
247
233
2 481
1 256
377
990
381
322
3 180
1 108
551
1 184
316
272
3 544
1 341
352
1 159
351
296
1 997
1 089
243
1 011
266
242
6 192
2 053
565
813
422
137
5 959
2 247
679
945
444
166
5 797
2 071
585
969
363
166 190
6 623
2 470
761
816
417
5 304
2 520
603
970
388
213
5 891
2 223
668
862
441
202
8 067
2 560
641
903
535
202
6 369
2 693
888
826
377
170
9 942
2 838
858
1 051
483
174
6 343
2 286
675
1 063
454
241
3 075
1 691
409
1 175
371
168
3 487
1 490
550
734
390
151
3 221
1 284
370
692
314
90
2 828
1 617
281
1 201
423
138 397
5 860
1 345
524
1 087
395
2 459
1 298
610
1 035
512
354
2 726
1 565
541
680
310
106
3 458
1 355
420
718
341
108
3 239
1 269
335
683
312
85
2 834
1 617
265
1 188
424
138
4 941
1 243
393
1 101
325
395
2 224
1 282
541
1 097
508
347
2 728
1 546
309
676
287
86
4 911
1 895
807
804
436
297
3 484 1 436 514 915 379 164 All visitors aged 15 years and over. Continued... Average expenditure data in this table are different from those presented in Table 17 as, in this table, average expenditure per international visitor is calculated by dividing expenditure only by the number of international visitors who had expenditure on that item, rather than by all international visitors. Tourism Research Australia
Table 18 (continued)
Average expenditure by visitors with expenditure on item(a)
by country of residence and main purpose of journey by expenditure item
Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries
Self-drive cars, rent-a-cars, campervans $
Petrol and oil for self-drive Shopping cars or other items for use vehicles in Australia $ $
Shopping items to take home $
Food, Total drink and shopping accommodation $ $
316
102
150
319
356
713
368
186
235
386
447
871
363
175
360
341
441
1 649
308
125
400
337
452
1 314
237
171
483
349
533
1 521
380
144
395
436
549
1 799
360
379
471
411
542
1 591
410
216
545
421
595
2 097
427
489
674
462
727
2 821
242
477
790
1 066
1 283
2 153
324
454
675
365
595
2 491
291
371
642
486
737
1 954
437
143
188
264
325
1 320
575
279
262
279
391
1 986
520
175
262
243
361
1 737
908
352
251
247
362
1 815
474
229
294
395
526
1 997
528
385
416
282
458
2 153 2 042
521
235
323
395
491
733
302
284
275
408
1 882
1 286
423
287
309
460
1 960
590
282
439
385
601
2 521
509
261
432
474
618
1 593
Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
483 371 551 388 536 293
203 126 189 456 491 199
223 260 234 818 809 301
430 361 306 473 404 234
497 444 354 1 012 872 318
1 315 754 1 312 5 005 4 487 739
Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
455 369 531 372 643 242
153 126 189 523 476 135
179 264 235 847 829 281
455 365 308 498 410 239
500 447 354 1 042 871 310
981 735 1 310 4 998 4 287 609
Backpackers
542
344
393
300
526
2 994
Total 462 208 341 394 513 1 537 Base: All visitors aged 15 years and over. Continued... (a) Average expenditure data in this table are different from those presented in Table 17 as, in this table, average expenditure per international visitor is calculated by dividing expenditure only by the number of international visitors who had expenditure on that item, rather than by all international visitors. International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
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Table 18 (continued)
Average expenditure by visitors with expenditure on item(a)
by country of residence and main purpose of journey by expenditure item
Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey (including backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
Entertainment $
Motor vehicles $
Education fees $
Phone, internet, fax and/or postage $
Other(b) $
116
117
6 740
2 996
60
310
294
103
6 672
6 286
116
355
431
184
8 896
10 545
134
431
351
127
15 815
12 543
114
378
422
186
10 719
12 039
175
422
582
148
10 535
10 393
197
398
259
142
3 722
8 605
162
411
170
177
4 198
8 703
212
507
Horse racing and gambling $
444
181
5 405
7 038
247
401
485
230
18 779
12 334
227
624
220
162
7 542
11 450
224
548
634
178
9 377
10 862
256
372
158
134
14 699
10 742
81
290
126
188
3 163
11 702
104
228
153
163
4 478
2 819
105
213
94
164
3 377
4 384
96
153
278
171
1 887
8 167
118
181
103
185
2 210
3 767
130
187
69
173
1 769
4 266
98
353
137
186
3 924
3 105
91
201
90
153
9 600
4 849
93
121
132
241
4 312
5 810
169
287
251
194
8 712
8 195
157
518
229
154
4 122
3 970
87
155
157
116
11 061
6 433
65
230
361
117
19 619
4 178
102
791
362
277
8 964
10 800
322
365
357
275
8 314
2 897
337
477
285
136
12 459
6 578
108
705
228
134
7 408
5 211
61
178
159
113
11 064
6 609
64
234
365
115
19 800
4 103
101
803
427
279
9 420
11 026
326
393
Main purpose of journey (excluding backpackers) Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
287
259
10 231
3 108
340
525
289
107
18 536
7 178
96
787
Backpackers
235
221
3 015
6 624
168
160
Total Base: (a)
(b)
36
236 161 7 595 9 283 130 319 All visitors aged 15 years and over. Average expenditure data in this table are different from those presented in Table 17 as, in this table, average expenditure per international visitor is calculated by dividing expenditure only by the number of international visitors who had expenditure on that item, rather than by all international visitors. Includes convention registration fees, medical expenses and other expenses not specified elsewhere.
Tourism Research Australia
Table 19
Backpacker visitors, visitor nights, duration of stay and expenditure by country of residence and main purpose of journey Year ended 31 December 2009 Average expenditure in Australia(c) Nights in
Country of residence New Zealand Japan Hong Kong Singapore Malaysia Indonesia Taiwan Thailand Korea China India Other Asia USA Canada United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia France Italy Netherlands Switzerland Other Europe Other countries Main purpose of journey Holiday Visiting friends & relatives Business Education Employment Other
Total Base: (a) (b) (c)
Visitors '000
(a)
Australia '000
Average duration of stay Nights
Expenditure in Australia(b) $million
Shopping $
Food, drink and accommodation $
All items $
29
708
24
62
250
1 175
2 117
22
2 099
98
140
495
2 829
6 501
7
545
77
50
685
3 322
7 025
8
296
38
35
264
1 854
4 463
6
542
86
60
525
3 360
9 456
2
237
141
27
1 057
5 494
16 166
12
1 889
153
105
711
4 335
8 518
3
187
63
19
462
2 661
6 274
27
4 051
151
245
807
4 649
9 103
4
408
92
43
639
2 490
9 592
3
357
131
42
796
5 540
15 395
2
105
58
22
1 379
2 880
12 354
50
2 449
49
266
282
2 025
5 346
25
1 933
77
157
391
3 095
6 243
128
8 657
67
698
385
3 033
5 440
57
4 499
79
315
396
2 626
5 529
30
1 905
64
161
539
2 770
5 399
37
3 216
87
216
546
3 092
5 868
12
979
82
75
501
3 345
6 289
16
1 127
71
92
490
2 837
5 763
13
721
55
87
515
2 480
6 639
50
4 312
86
385
752
4 186
7 670
27
2 295
84
184
557
2 790
6 742
416
28 653
69
2 215
441
2 817
5 322
46
1 509
33
122
346
1 217
2 654
10
355
34
32
285
1 440
3 058
64
9 444
147
883
826
5 028
13 778
18
2 519
137
167
791
5 477
9 089
15
1 037
69
67
325
2 193
4 414
570
43 517
76
3 485
482
2 981
6 114
Visitors aged 15 years and over. Total nights are less than backpacker visitor nights in Australia (Tables 1 and 5) because nights spent in transit are excluded. Expenditure in Australia excludes pre-paid inclusive package tours and pre-paid international airfares. Average per person expenditure in Australia and pre-paid expenditure on goods and services in Australia - excludes pre-paid inclusive package tours and pre-paid international airfares.
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Table 20
Backpacker visitors by State/Territory visited, year ended 31 December 2005 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2009 Year ended 31 December 2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
'000
%
'000
%
'000
%
'000
%
'000
%
383
77
424
78
441
78
441
79
447
78
State/Territory visited New South Wales Victoria
213
43
255
47
258
46
251
45
259
45
Queensland
323
65
357
65
355
63
362
65
370
65
South Australia
85
17
101
19
99
18
91
16
99
17
Western Australia
93
19
101
19
105
18
105
19
103
18
Tasmania Northern Territory Australian Capital Territory
Total (a)
31
6
40
7
44
8
43
8
39
7
109
22
130
24
113
20
117
21
126
22
32
6
37
7
39
7
36
6
36
6
499
100
545
100
566
100
559
100
570
100
Base: Visitors aged 15 years and over. (a) Numbers sum to more than total backpacker visitors and shares sum to more than 100% because some visitors stopover in more than one State or Territory.
Table 21
(a)
Backpacker visitor nights by State/Territory visited, year ended 31 December 2005 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2009 Year ended 31 December 2005
2006
'000
%
'000
New South Wales
10 137
32
Victoria
5 075
16
9 369 1 173
2007 %
'000
12 778
33
6 191
16
30
11 878
4
1 692
4 097
13
434
1
1 047 309 31 641
2008
2009
%
'000
%
'000
%
12 806
32
11 883
29
13 566
31
6 393
16
5 913
15
6 701
15
30
12 130
30
13 458
33
14 121
32
4
1 720
4
1 643
4
1 604
4
3 977
10
4 674
12
4 834
12
4 539
10
713
2
801
2
778
2
784
2
3
1 442
4
1 146
3
1 390
3
1 645
4
1
360
1
488
1
606
1
558
1
100
39 030
100
40 158
100
40 505
100
43 517
100
State/Territory visited
Queensland South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Northern Territory Australian Capital Territory
Total (a)
Base: Visitors aged 15 years and over. (a) Total nights are less than backpacker visitor nights in Australia (Tables 1 and 5) because nights spent in transit are excluded.
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Tourism Research Australia
Table 22
Total Inbound Economic Value (TIEV) by country of residence
Year ended 31 December 2009 Total Inbound
Spend in Australia
Total trip expenditure
Economic Value (TIEV) (a)
$ million
$ million
$ million
1 392
1 951
2 030
Japan
715
1 505
1 221
Hong Kong
526
685
653
Singapore
830
1 070
984
Malaysia
813
982
975
Indonesia
425
531
522
Taiwan
331
473
436
Thailand
355
436
426
Country of residence New Zealand
935
1 190
1 107
2 084
2 767
2 753
India
595
774
828
Other Asia
650
815
884
USA
1 216
2 367
1 997
454
754
679
1 873
3 390
3 241
Germany
579
1 051
882
Scandinavia
322
563
482
France
348
591
503
Italy
200
388
331
Netherlands
180
337
298
Switzerland
189
355
297
Other Europe
816
1 293
1 199
1 317
1 985
1 927
17 146
26 253
24 655
Korea, South China
Canada United Kingdom
Other countries Total
Source: Tourism Research Australia (TRA) (a) Modelled estimate based on data from the IVS, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Tourism Satellite Accounts (ABS Cat. no. 5249.0) and Tourism Forecasting Committee, Forecasts.
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Table 23
(a)
Total Inbound Economic Value (TIEV) by country of residence, year ended 31 December 2005 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2009 Year ended 31 December 2005
2006
% $ million change
2007
% $ million change
2008
% $ million change
2009
% $ million change
% $ million change
Country of residence New Zealand
2 049
11
1 982
-3
2 173
10
2 197
1
2 030
-8
Japan
2 048
-1
1 831
- 11
1 615
- 12
1 460
- 10
1 221
- 16
Hong Kong
517
-5
593
15
582
-2
663
14
653
-2
Singapore
723
9
834
15
951
14
960
1
984
2
Malaysia
593
-7
623
5
748
20
852
14
975
14
Indonesia
367
0
437
19
436
0
479
10
522
9
Taiwan
300
-1
324
8
332
3
332
0
436
31
321
-8
311
-3
369
19
404
10
426
5
Thailand
912
14
1 220
34
1 231
1
1 163
-6
1 107
-5
1 386
-1
1 673
21
1 920
15
2 142
12
2 753
29
India
316
53
416
31
534
29
735
38
828
13
Other Asia
354
-7
422
19
580
37
806
39
884
10
USA
1 773
-8
2 013
13
2 034
1
2 027
0
1 997
-1
Canada
496
2
616
24
651
6
703
8
679
-3
3 227
-2
3 606
12
3 438
-5
3 455
0
3 241
-6
Germany
686
- 12
808
18
803
-1
930
16
882
-5
Scandinavia
419
1
442
6
459
4
532
16
482
-9
France
251
30
332
32
394
19
452
15
503
11
Italy
239
17
292
22
288
-1
374
30
331
- 11
Netherlands
235
- 37
257
9
264
3
319
21
298
-7
Switzerland
241
- 16
271
12
273
1
247
-9
297
20
Other Europe
853
9
989
16
1 035
5
1 309
26
1 199
-8
1 158
8
1 244
7
1 516
22
1 928
27
1 927
0
19 463
0
21 536
11
22 627
5
24 470
8
24 655
1
Korea, South China
United Kingdom
Other countries Total
Source: Tourism Research Australia (TRA) (a) Modelled estimate based on data from the IVS, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Tourism Satellite Accounts (ABS Cat. no. 5249.0) and Tourism Forecasting Committee, Forecasts.
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Table 24
(a)
Modelled international visitor expenditure in each State/Territory Year ended 31 December 2009
State/Territory visited
Share of Expenditure expenditure
Visitors(b)
Visitor nights
Expenditure Expenditure per visitor per night
Average length of stay
$ million
%
'000
'000
$
$
Nights
New South Wales
5 802
36
2 743
61 293
2 115
95
22
Victoria
3 703
23
1 538
38 368
2 408
97
25
Queensland
3 554
22
1 968
39 075
1 805
91
20
Excluding package expenditure
South Australia
641
4
361
7 225
1 778
89
20
Western Australia
1 712
11
695
21 391
2 464
80
31
Tasmania
260
2
139
2 639
1 867
99
19
355
2
340
3 598
1 042
99
11
Northern Territory Australian Capital Territory
230
1
155
3 005
1 482
77
19
16 257
100
5 175
176 597
3 142
92
34
6 097
36
2 743
61 293
2 223
99
22
Victoria
3 757
22
1 538
38 368
2 443
98
25
Queensland
3 883
23
1 968
39 075
1 973
99
20 20
Total Australia(b) Including package expenditure New South Wales
South Australia
659
4
361
7 225
1 827
91
1 759
10
695
21 391
2 531
82
31
274
2
139
2 639
1 966
104
19
Northern Territory
451
3
340
3 598
1 325
125
11
Australian Capital Territory
232
1
155
3 005
1 495
77
19
17 112
100
5 175
176 597
3 307
97
34
Western Australia Tasmania
Total Australia(b) Base: (a) (b) Note:
All visitors aged 15 and over. Visitors who arrive in Australia in transit and remain at the airport are included in estimates in this table. Total Australia includes small amounts that cannot be allocated to a particular State/Territory. Figures may not sum due to rounding. Numbers sum to more than total visitors, as some visitors stopover in more than one region. Source: TRA expenditure allocation method applied to 2009 International Visitor Survey data.
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(a)
Table 25
Modelled international visitor expenditure in each State/Territory by reason for stopover Year ended 31 December 2009
State/Territory visited Excluding package expenditure New South Wales
Holiday $ million
VFR
% share $ million
Business % share $ million
Other purposes(c) Total visitors % % % share $ million share $ million share
Education
% share $ million
2 002
34
703
29
524
37
2 244
40
310
35
5 802
36
838
14
700
29
404
28
1 593
28
161
18
3 703
23
1 952
33
467
19
204
14
769
14
154
17
3 554
22
173
3
113
5
55
4
261
5
36
4
641
4
Western Australia
507
9
350
15
182
13
497
9
170
19
1 712
11
Tasmania
100
2
41
2
17
1
83
1
18
2
260
2
Northern Territory
285
5
9
0
19
1
15
0
26
3
355
2
Victoria Queensland South Australia
Australian Capital Territory Total Australia(b)
29
0
26
1
18
1
148
3
np
np
230
1
5 886
100
2 408
100
1 423
100
5 611
100
883
100
16 257
100
2 245
34
714
29
543
37
2 260
40
314
35
6 097
36
877
13
705
29
408
28
1 597
28
163
18
3 757
22
2 239
34
478
20
215
15
787
14
156
17
3 883
23
Including package expenditure New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia
184
3
115
5
59
4
261
5
36
4
659
4
Western Australia
536
8
359
15
184
13
502
9
171
19
1 759
10
113
2
41
2
18
1
84
1
18
2
274
2
Tasmania Northern Territory Australian Capital Territory Total Australia
(b)
377
6
10
0
21
1
16
0
26
3
451
3
30
0
26
1
18
1
149
3
np
np
232
1
893
100
17 112
100
6 601 100 2 448 100 1 466 100 5 656 100 All visitors aged 15 and over. Visitors who arrive in Australia in transit and remain at the airport are included in estimates in this table. Total Australia includes small amounts that cannot be allocated to a particular State/Territory. Other purposes include visiting a State/Territory for employment, medical reasons, transit and reason not stated. Numbers sum to more than total visitors, as some visitors stopover in more than one region. Figures may not add to the total due to rounding. More information on the expenditure allocation method is at the Methodology Section of this publication. np Not published due to reliability concerns.
Source: TRA expenditure allocation method applied to 2009 International Visitor Survey data.
Base: (a) (b) (c) Note:
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Modelled international visitor expenditure in capital cities and regional areas for each State/Territory Year ended 31 December 2009
State/Territory visited Expenditure
Excluding package expenditure
Share of expenditure
Visitors(a) Visitor nights(b)
Expenditure per visitor
Expenditure per night
Average length of stay
$million
%
'000
'000
$
$
Nights
Sydney Regional New South Wales Total New South Wales Melbourne Regional Victoria Total Victoria Gold Coast Brisbane Regional Queensland Total Queensland Adelaide Regional South Australia Total South Australia Experience Perth Regional Western Australia Total Western Australia Hobart Regional Tasmania Total Tasmania Darwin Regional Northern Territory Total Northern Territory Canberra Total Australian Capital Territory
5 176 626 5 802 3 397 306 3 703 889 1 306 1 359 3 554 556 85 641 1 468 244 1 712 161 100 260 139 216 355 230 230
89 11 100 92 8 100 25 37 38 100 87 13 100 86 14 100 62 38 100 39 61 100 100 100
2 582 588 2 743 1 444 319 1 538 813 913 988 1 968 328 134 361 670 209 695 112 81 139 170 271 340 155 155
52 226 9 067 61 293 34 237 4 131 38 368 7 715 15 558 15 803 39 075 6 136 1 089 7 225 17 006 4 385 21 391 1 425 1 214 2 639 1 674 1 924 3 598 3 005 3 005
2 005 1 064 2 115 2 352 958 2 408 1 093 1 430 1 375 1 805 1 696 640 1 778 2 189 1 166 2 464 1 440 1 228 1 867 817 797 1 042 1 482 1 482
99 69 95 99 74 97 115 84 86 91 91 78 89 86 56 80 113 82 99 83 112 99 77 77
20 15 22 24 13 25 9 17 16 20 19 8 20 25 21 31 13 15 19 10 7 11 19 19
Total capital cities
13 321
82
4 802
138 982
2 774
96
29
Total regional
2 935
18
1 814
37 614
1 618
78
21
Total Australia
16 257
100
5 175
176 597
3 142
92
34
Sydney Regional NSW Total New South Wales Melbourne Regional Victoria Total Victoria Gold Coast Brisbane Regional Queensland Total Queensland Adelaide Regional South Australia Total South Australia Experience Perth Regional Western Australia Total Western Australia Hobart Regional Tasmania Total Tasmania Darwin Regional Northern Territory Total Northern Territory Canberra Total Australian Capital Territory
5 461 637 6 097 3 444 313 3 757 1 012 1 341 1 530 3 883 569 90 659 1 508 251 1 759 170 104 274 148 303 451 232 232
90 10 100 92 8 100 26 35 39 100 86 14 100 86 14 100 62 38 100 33 67 100 100 100
2 582 588 2 743 1 444 319 1 538 813 913 988 1 968 328 134 361 670 209 695 112 81 139 170 271 340 155 155
52 226 9 067 61 293 34 237 4 131 38 368 7 715 15 558 15 803 39 075 6 136 1 089 7 225 17 006 4 385 21 391 1 425 1 214 2 639 1 674 1 924 3 598 3 005 3 005
2 115 1 082 2 223 2 385 979 2 443 1 245 1 469 1 548 1 973 1 738 671 1 827 2 250 1 199 2 531 1 522 1 284 1 966 873 1 118 1 325 1 495 1 495
105 70 99 101 76 98 131 86 97 99 93 82 91 89 57 82 119 86 104 89 157 125 77 77
20 15 22 24 13 25 9 17 16 20 19 8 20 25 21 31 13 15 19 10 7 11 19 19
Total capital cities
29
Including package expenditure
13 886
81
4 802
138 982
2 892
100
Total regional
3 226
19
1 814
37 614
1 778
86
21
Total Australia
17 112
100
5 175
176 597
3 307
97
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Base: (a) (b) Note:
All visitors aged 15 and over. Visitors who arrive in Australia in transit and remain at the airport are included in the estimates. Visitor nights in Australia excludes nights spent in transit while in Australia. Figures may not sum due to rounding. Numbers sum to more than total visitors, as some visitors stopover in more than one region. Source: TRA expenditure allocation method applied to 2009 International Visitor Survey data. International Visitors in Australia: December Quarter 2009
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Modelled international visitor expenditure in the top 20 regions
ranked by expenditure Year ended 31 December 2009 Visitors(a)
Expenditure in region Tourism region Excluding package expenditure
Nights in region(b)
Total
Share
Per visitor
Per night
Total
Average
$million
%
$
$
'000
'000
Nights
Sydney
NSW
5 176
32
2 005
99
2 582
52 226
20
Melbourne
Vic
3 397
21
2 352
99
1 444
34 237
24
Experience Perth
WA
1 468
9
2 189
86
670
17 006
25
Brisbane
Qld
1 306
8
1 430
84
913
15 558
17
Gold Coast
Qld
889
5
1 093
115
813
7 715
9
Tropical North Queensland
Qld
666
4
1 024
107
650
6 213
10
Adelaide
SA
556
3
1 696
91
328
6 136
19
Canberra
ACT
230
1
1 482
77
155
3 005
19
Sunshine Coast
Qld
217
1
859
93
253
2 347
9
Hobart and Surrounds
Tas
161
1
1 440
113
112
1 425
13
Whitsundays
Qld
142
1
639
109
223
1 308
6
Darwin
NT
139
1
817
83
170
1 674
10
Northern Rivers
NSW
133
1
571
73
232
1 818
8
South Coast
NSW
131
1
1 236
75
106
1 736
16
Hunter
NSW
123
1
1 070
71
115
1 717
15
Petermann
NT
115
1
627
246
183
466
3
Northern
Qld
94
1
661
70
142
1 336
9
Australia' s South West
WA
88
1
727
60
121
1 461
12
Australia's North West
WA
77
0
1 244
49
62
1 550
25
Hervey Bay/Maryborough
Qld
Top 20 regions Total Australia
70
0
338
74
208
957
5
15 178
93
3 003
95
5 054
159 890
32
16 257
100
3 142
92
5 175
176 597
34
Including package expenditure Sydney
NSW
5 461
32
2 115
105
2 582
52 226
20
Melbourne
Vic
3 444
20
2 385
101
1 444
34 237
24
Experience Perth
WA
1 508
9
2 250
89
670
17 006
25
Brisbane
Qld
1 341
8
1 469
86
913
15 558
17
Gold Coast
Qld
1 012
6
1 245
131
813
7 715
9
Tropical North Queensland
Qld
813
5
1 250
131
650
6 213
10
Adelaide
SA
569
3
1 738
93
328
6 136
19
Canberra
ACT
232
1
1 495
77
155
3 005
19
Sunshine Coast
Qld
222
1
878
95
253
2 347
9
Petermann
NT
184
1
1 007
395
183
466
3
Hobart and Surrounds
Tas
170
1
1 522
119
112
1 425
13
Whitsundays
Qld
156
1
700
119
223
1 308
6
Darwin
NT
148
1
873
89
170
1 674
10
Northern Rivers
NSW
133
1
573
73
232
1 818
8
South Coast
NSW
132
1
1 248
76
106
1 736
16
Hunter
NSW
124
1
1 078
72
115
1 717
15
Northern
Qld
95
1
671
71
142
1 336
9
Australia' s South West
WA
89
1
735
61
121
1 461
12
Australia's North West
WA
79
0
1 282
51
62
1 550
25
Alice Springs
NT
74
0
443
90
166
821
5
15 988
93
3 165
100
5 051
159 755
32
Total Australia 17 112 100 3 307 97 Base: All visitors aged 15 and over. (a) Visitors who arrive in Australia in transit and remain at the airport are included in the estimates. (b) Total nights in Australia excludes nights spent in transit while in Australia. Note: Numbers sum to more than total visitors, as some visitors stopover in more than one region. Source: TRA expenditure allocation method applied to 2009 International Visitor Survey data.
5 175
176 597
34
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Modelled international visitor expenditure in each State/Territory by country of residence Year ended 31 December 2009
Country of residence
State/Territory visited New Australian Total South South Western Northern Capital Wales Victoria Queensland Australia Australia Tasmania Territory Territory Australia(b) $ million
Excluding package expenditure New Zealand United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia Switzerland Netherlands France Italy Other Europe USA Canada Japan China Korea Singapore Malaysia Hong Kong Indonesia Thailand India Taiwan Other Asia Other countries Total
352 637 180 104 51 50 105 78 320 499 164 228 938 479 150 66 191 127 142 179 102 200 460
268 282 78 52 19 28 54 43 135 216 59 75 512 110 308 332 127 165 107 254 35 193 249
508 440 165 98 53 49 92 43 178 255 124 273 236 224 84 72 76 21 22 69 131 49 293
43 78 27 9 7 6 17 10 30 41 21 19 93 20 29 59 37 np np np np 23 32
109 269 51 29 25 23 35 np 75 80 41 66 34 57 184 187 39 73 49 38 np 70 143
16 28 8 np np np np np np 22 10 8 20 np np np np np np np np np 13
22 60 39 10 14 13 23 12 29 34 15 13 np 11 8 np np np np np np 6 18
6 10 4 np np np np np np 14 4 10 53 9 np np np np np np np np 13
1 325 1 804 553 312 178 172 332 197 779 1 161 438 693 1 888 924 794 763 513 412 349 563 321 566 1 222
5 802
3 703
3 554
641
1 712
260
355
230
16 257
356 672 190 110 56 53 110 85 329 544 172 263 1 003 505 151 68 194 131 143 182 115 201 466
271 289 80 54 21 29 55 44 136 220 60 78 528 110 310 333 127 166 107 257 36 194 252
531 466 178 104 58 52 98 48 190 285 128 371 287 234 88 75 79 23 22 73 139 49 302
45 81 29 11 8 6 18 10 33 43 21 19 94 20 30 59 37 np np np np 24 32
111 284 55 30 29 24 35 np 76 83 42 73 34 57 187 189 39 74 49 38 np 71 144
17 30 9 np np np np np np 26 11 10 21 np np np np np np np np np 14
23 77 51 13 18 17 31 21 35 47 16 28 np 11 9 np np np np np np 6 20
6 10 4 np np np np np np 14 4 10 54 9 np np np np np np np np 13
1 360 1 908 594 333 199 185 353 220 811 1 262 455 851 2 023 960 804 773 521 420 351 573 344 569 1 242
274
451
232
17 112
Including package expenditure New Zealand United Kingdom Germany Scandinavia Switzerland Netherlands France Italy Other Europe USA Canada Japan China Korea Singapore Malaysia Hong Kong Indonesia Thailand India Taiwan Other Asia Other countries
Total 6 097 3 757 3 883 659 1 759 Base: All visitors aged 15 and over. (a) Visitors who arrive in Australia in transit and remain at the airport are included in the estimates. (b) Total Australia includes small amounts that cannot be allocated to a particular State/Territory.
Note: Figures may not add to the total due to rounding.
np Not published due to reliability concerns.
Source: TRA expenditure allocation method applied to 2009 International Visitor Survey data.
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Introduction to the International Visitor Survey The International Visitor Survey represents the most comprehensive source of information on international visitors to Australia. It has been operating since the early 1970s and is jointly funded by the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments under the guidance of the Australian Standing Committee on Tourism.
Survey methodology The International Visitor Survey samples 40,000 departing, short-term international travellers over the age of 15 years who have been visiting Australia. The survey is conducted by Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) in the departure lounges of the eight major international airports: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin and the Gold Coast. The International Visitor Survey contains over 96 questions supported by ‘show-cards’ that are used to help the respondent answer particular sections including: • • • • • • • • • •
Usual place of residence Previous visits Group tours Travel party Sources for obtaining information about Australia Purpose of visit and places visited Transportation and accommodation Activities Expenditure Demographics.
The survey design and management is the responsibility of Tourism Research Australia Survey Section. The section works closely with the consultants, key stakeholders and industry to develop and maintain high data quality and relevant outputs. Since 2004, the IVS has been surveying international visitors in four languages, including English, Japanese, Mandarin and Korean. The total number of interviews conducted with particular residents of each country or region is distributed among airports by selecting monthly samples of departing flights and visitors on those flights to achieve acceptable sample sizes in various categories. Survey results are weighted to data on international visitor numbers over the period, provided by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), with the assistance of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The variables used in weighting the data are: • • • • •
country of residence State of arrival main purpose of journey airport of departure age and sex of visitor
Overseas (visitor) arrivals and departures (OAD) data are also published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS catalogue no. 3401.0) on a monthly basis.
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Sample size Increase in sample size for 2005 survey Between 2001 and 2004 interviews were conducted with approximately 20,000 international visitors aged 15 years and over as they were departing Australia. Since 1 January 2005, interviews have been conducted with around 40,000 international visitors on an annual basis. The sample was increased in order to enhance the estimates for smaller States, Territories and regions. Increasing the sample size of the IVS by 100% has improved the reliability of survey estimates.
Visitor interviews by country or region of residence The table below shows the number of interviews conducted in the December Quarter 2009 and for the year ended 31 December 2009.
Sample size by country of residence Country of residence New Zealand Japan
Sample (n) December Quarter 2009
Year ended 31 December 2009
1 509
5 437
1 377
5 343
Hong Kong
355
1 010
Singapore
637
2 034
Malaysia
428
1 387
Indonesia
259
854
Taiwan
195
617
Thailand
201
809
Korea
515
1 791
China
995
2 658
India
204
838
Other Asia
332
1 043
USA
875
3 290
Canada
267
1 080
United Kingdom
1 141
5 201
Germany
274
1 108
Scandinavia
162
764
France
175
755
Italy
99
375
Netherlands
139
596
Switzerland
94
417
Other Europe Other countries
Total
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1 149
699
2 571
11 229
41 127
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Data reliability The results given in the IVS are based on a sample, rather than a census, of international visitors to Australia. As with all sample surveys, the results are subject to sampling variability, and therefore may differ from figures that would be obtained if all international visitors to Australia had been included in the survey. A measure of the possible degree of difference is given by the relative standard error of the survey and its associated confidence interval, which indicates the extent to which an estimate might vary by chance from the true figure because only a sample of the population was included. The table below provides the 95% confidence interval widths for a range of estimates available in the IVS. That is, there are approximately 19 chances in 20 that the true number is within the range identified by applying the figures in the table. Size of 95% Confidence Interval for Estimate (expressed as a percentage of the estimate) Estimate 2 000 5 000 10 000 20 000 50 000 100 000 200 000 500 000 1 000 000 2 000 000 5 000 000 10 000 000 20 000 000 50 000 000 100 000 000 200 000 000 500 000 000 1 000 000 000 2 000 000 000 5 000 000 000 10 000 000 000
Visits 64.4% 41.5% 29.8% 21.4% 13.8% 9.9% 7.1% 4.6% 3.3% 2.4% 1.5% 1.1%
Nights # # # # # 75.7% 55.4% 36.7% 26.9% 19.7% 13.1% 9.6% 7.0% 4.6% 3.4% 2.5% 1.7% 1.2% 0.9% 0.6% 0.4%
Expenditure # # # # # # # # # # 97.6% 72.8% 54.3% 36.8% 27.4% 20.5% 13.9% 10.3% 7.7% 5.2% 3.9%
# - 95% Confidence Interval is greater than estimate. The following example illustrates the use of this table to determine a range within which we are 95% confident that the true total lies. Say, the estimated number of Chinese visitors who stayed in Queensland was 100,000. Looking at the visits column (see table), an estimate of 100,000 visitors has a 95% Confidence Interval of 9.9%. Thus we are 95% confident that the true number of Chinese who stayed in Queensland was between 90,100 and 109,900 visitors (100,000 Âą 9.9%). The IVS relative standard errors were calculated using the Complex Survey Sampling module in SPSS V14.0. Estimates of variation are based on sampling with replacement principles and makes allowances for the IVS stratification. The covariance and estimates output from this program were then regressed with a log transformation using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression to achieve three independent models (for visitors, nights and expenditure). The models were computed using the R statistical program and the actual relationship modelled was: 1n (COV) = a + b * 1n (ESTIMATE)
Where,
The model parameters were approximated as: Visits a. 2.521841 b. -0.47831
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Expenditure 5.837435b -0.42362
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Expenditure Determining international visitor expenditure There are varying levels in which an international visitor’s total trip expenditure may impact on the tourism destination of Australia and its regions. This publication presents four main types of direct tourism expenditure impacts that are the result of the collection of trip spends details from the international visitors as they depart Australia. These four direct expenditure classifications are specifically: • • • •
Total trip expenditure Spend in Australia Total Inbound Economic Value (TIEV) Regional expenditure
There are subtle differences between each of these spend classifications.
Total trip expenditure When an international visitor pays for their trip to Australia they are spending money which impacts on the world economy. Total trip expenditure is all monies spent so that the respondent could undertake their trip to Australia. For example, this may include airfares, package tour expenditure, food and beverages and payment for all accommodation, leisure activities, conventions and schooling while in Australia.
Spend in Australia While international visitors may spend a lot of money on their entire trip, not all of this expenditure is spent in Australia. The international visitor is asked to separate the money they have spent in Australia from their total trip expenditure in the IVS. This is in order to determine the amount of money that is being spent by the visitor in the Australian destination. This may be on items such as food and beverages, accommodation, activities, school books, motor vehicles and shopping.
Total Inbound Economic Value (TIEV) ‘Total trip expenditure’ and ‘Spend in Australia’ both have components that measure over and under estimate total tourism value, in terms of consumption, to the Australian economy. Often, a visitor may book and pay for their trip outside of Australia, therefore only part of this expenditure will flow on to the Australian economy and its tourism industry. When a visitor spends his/her money in Australia, this expenditure fails to take into account package expenditure or airfares that eventually transfer to Australia. Calculating the total economic value of inbound tourism to Australia is not a simple or straightforward exercise. The main difficulty is in determining exactly how much of total trip expenditure flows on to the Australian economy. The demand expenditure estimates detailed above fail to provide insight into what proportion on total trip expenditure will reach Australia and how much stays in the home country. The best way to determine how much Australia benefits from expenditure on these items is through modelling. The World Tourism Organisation (WTO) set down the methodology for the Tourism Satellite Accounts (TSAs). TSAs integrate tourism expenditure data and a country’s national accounts by applying industry ratios to determine total direct impact of the tourism industry on the economy. However, the building of these tourism input-output tables is extremely time-consuming and they are characterised by long lags in publication. The Australian TSA is currently published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and is released around 10 months after the reference period. To be responsive, Tourism Research Australia has devised a methodology that attempts to estimate the economic value of the tourism industry based on the key tourism data sources and a number of practical assumptions. The data sources used include the IVS published by Tourism Research Australia, the TSA and the OAD as published by the ABS.
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TIEV methodology The TIEV methodology was developed by Tourism Research Australia on behalf of the Tourism Forecasting Committee. TIEV is calculated from total trip expenditure by inbound tourists to Australia (derived from the IVS) and benchmarked to the ‘International consumption’ series in the ABS Tourism Satellite Account (ABS catalogue no. 5249.0) and ABS Overseas Arrivals and Departure data (ABS catalogue no. 3401.0). Key assumptions underlying the estimates relate to the treatment of a number of expenditure items derived from the IVS. Deductions from IVS total trip expenditure include: •
50% of international airfares. This takes account of ticket revenue associated with airlines that does not flow through to the Australian economy and airfare revenue that is spent by airlines on services in Australia (e.g. departure tax, airport taxes, ground handling charges, fuel costs etc).
•
20% of the value of the non-airfare component of packages and other prepaid items. This allows for commissions at the retail and wholesale levels that accrue to foreign markets.
•
33% of the average international airfare component by package visitors. It is assumed that package travellers receive a discount due to bulk purchasing by the wholesaler from the airline(s) and the average class of travel for package travellers is usually lower than that of non-package travellers (a lower share of business travellers).
TIEV also includes an estimate of the value of goods and services consumed by international visitors in domestic homes. The TIEV methodology is applied and standardised across all markets. Further development of the TIEV model will be undertaken to take account of differences between source markets. TIEV estimates may therefore be revised as the model assumptions are refined. Revisions may also occur following the release of updated data from the ABS.
Regional expenditure The IVS provides information on travel activity and expenditure by international visitors. Information on expenditure by these visitors is only collected for whole trips; it is not regionally specific. In order to determine the impact that the visitor activity is having on a particular region, Tourism Research Australia uses a model based approach to allocate visitor expenditure to the various tourism regions. The regional expenditure by international visitors is less than TIEV because TIEV includes a proportion of international airfares purchased overseas, major purchases in Australia and imputed values for package expenditure and other indirectly purchased tourism services. The allocation of package expenditure to Australia’s regions is being revised to make it comparable to the TIEV methodology.
Regional expenditure allocation methodology A very brief summary of the process by which expenditure by international visitors is allocated to regions is given below. A full explanation of expenditure allocation methods can be found in Carter and Collins (2005). Two types of expenditure data are collected in the IVS: • •
expenditure for the respondent’s entire journey expenditure at a randomly selected location.
A ‘location’ is a more specific spatial unit than a Statistical Local Area (SLA). For example, the location Bondi is in the Waverley SLA. A sub-sampling approach (selection of a single location for further study) is adopted as a starting point for regional expenditure estimation. This is because of the need for interviews to be done quickly and because it is unreasonable to expect an interviewee to remember expenditure at every stop. It is entirely feasible for a visitor to visit the same location more than once, but expenditure data are collected only if the randomly selected location has been visited only once. Four major sub-components of total IVS expenditure are identified: • • • •
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expenditure on domestic airfares expenditure on travel packages expenditure on accommodation, food and beverages all other expenditure.
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Domestic airfares Wherever air travel is indicated, airfare expenditure is allocated equally between the departure region and the arrival region. In cases where there is no major airport in the departure and/or arrival region, the share of airfare expenditure is allocated to the nearest region with a major airport. If air travel is specified for the first leg of the trip, the departure airport is assumed to be the airport where the visitor arrived in Australia.
Package expenditure A major part of any package for travel within Australia is taken up by airfares and other long distance travel fares. A series of studies by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (1995, 1996), Australian Tourism Export Council (2000), Bureau of Tourism Research (Bonnet et al. 1994 and Skene, 1995) and Office of Economic and Statistical Research (2001) estimated the proportion of travel packages spent on things other than long distance fares to be between 26% and 35%. Based on these results, it has been decided that total package expenditure should be split with 30% being attributed to items other than long distance fares. The remaining 70% is assumed to be spent in the visitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home country. The non-fare component is distributed among the regions using the iterative process.
Expenditure on accommodation, food and beverages, and other expenditure Expenditure on accommodation, food and beverages (AFB) and other expenditure is obtained by summing expenditure on the relevant items. The total expenditure for each item group is allocated to the regions by the iterative process. During the iteration procedure, expenditure at the randomly selected location for which there is expenditure information is treated as a known value, and is held constant. The amount actually distributed among the remaining regions in the trip is known as net expenditure, which is equal to total expenditure minus random expenditure. If there is no expenditure at a randomly selected location (either by the interviewer failing to ask, or the interviewee failing to reply) net expenditure is equal to total expenditure.
The iterative procedure Steps in the iteration process are: 1.
An initial regional cost indicator (average expenditure per night) is calculated for each region that has an expenditure sample. Three sources of data are used for this calculation: single region trips, random expenditure for one of the regions of two-region trips, and expenditure at a randomly selected location for multiple region (more than two regions) trips. National average expenditure is used for those regions where there is no expenditure sample.
2.
For stops where there is no random expenditure, a preliminary estimate of expenditure at that stop in the trip is calculated by multiplying the cost indicator for the region at the stop by the length of stay at that stop. For stops where there is random expenditure, preliminary estimates of expenditure are left blank.
3.
Non-blank preliminary estimates of expenditure are rescaled using the formula: r = p * (E / R)
where
r = rescaled value for this stop
p = preliminary estimate for this stop
E = reported total expenditure for the trip
R = sum of preliminary estimates for the trip
4.
For stops where there is random expenditure (that is, the preliminary estimate is blank), the rescaled value is set equal to the random expenditure. Rescaled values sum to the total reported expenditure for the trip.
5.
New estimates of regional cost indicators are calculated by summing rescaled expenditure values for each region, and dividing this value by the total number of nights in each region.
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6.
If estimates of cost indicators for the current iteration differ from estimates of cost indicators from the previous iteration by less than an agreed amount the process is stopped, otherwise the procedure is repeated from step 2.
Rescaled values at the last iteration are the final estimates of expenditure at each stop. At the end of the allocation process, expenditure on the four major expenditure components are estimated for every stop in each trip. Estimates of expenditure by State/Territory and region are obtained by summing expenditure estimates at each stop. It should be noted that expenditure by visitors who are in transit to another country is included in the expenditure estimates presented here.
References Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1995, ABS Survey of Inbound Tour Operators 1994 – 1995, cat no. 6401.0, ABS, Canberra. Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1996, ABS Survey of Inbound Tour Operators 1995 – 1996, cat no. 6401.0, ABS, Canberra. Australian Tourism Export Council, 2000, Survey of Inbound Tour Operators, ATEC, unpublished. Bonnet, G., Phelan, K. and Jones, B., 1994, Allocating pre-paid package tour expenditure to goods and services consumed in Australia, in Tourism and the Economy Number 1 1994, Bureau of Tourism Research, Canberra, pp.47–52. Carter, P. and Collins, D., 2005, Travel expenditure by domestic and international visitors in Australia’s Regions, 2004. Tourism Research Australia, Canberra. Office of Economic and Statistical Research, 2001, International and Domestic Visitor Expenditure in Queensland: 1985 to 1999, OESR, Queensland Treasury, Brisbane. Skene, J., 1995, Estimating the Australian component of visitor expenditure on fully inclusive package tours: Alternative methods, in Tourism and the Economy Number 1 1995, Bureau of Tourism Research, Canberra, pp.43–60. Tourism Research Australia, 2009, Backgrounds & methods – Regional expenditure 2008, Tourism Research Australia, Canberra, available: http://www.ret.gov.au/tra .
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Glossary of terms Accommodation used
This indicates the type of accommodation used by an overnight visitor when visiting a particular location. The main categories of accommodation include: • Hotel, resort, motel or motor inn • Backpacker hotel or hostel • Rented house, apartment, flat or unit • Friend’s or relative’s property • Caravan park or commercial camping ground • Caravan or camping near a road or on private property • Guest house or bed and breakfast • Boat, houseboat, cabin cruiser or cruise ship • Educational institution • Homestay
Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification System (ANZSIC)
A classification developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the New Zealand Department of Statistics which groups businesses that carry out similar economic activities. A business is assigned an appropriate industry category on the basis of its predominant activities. ANZSIC has a structure comprising of categories at four levels: Divisions; Subdivision; Group; and Class.
Australian Tourism Satellite Account (ATSA)
See Tourism Satellite Account (TSA).
Average annual rate of growth
Average increase/decrease in value per year. Tourism Research Australia uses the geometric growth rate formula (r = exp[ln(pn/ p1)/n]-1). This formula assumes that a variable increases or decreases at the same rate during each year between the two time periods. It does not take into account intermediate values of the series.
Average nights
The sum of all nights divided by the sum of all visitors for a particular category. This is commonly referred to as average length of stay.
Backpacker visitors
Are defined by accommodation used rather than purpose of visit, and are distributed through the purpose of visit categories. Tables in this publication show purpose of visit both inclusive and exclusive of backpacker visitors.
Business visitors
Visitors who nominate business as their primary reason for travelling. Business travel comprises business, work travel for transport crews, attendance at conferences, conventions, exhibitions, trade fairs, seminars, incentive group meetings, marketing events, and training and research related to employment. The analysis presented in this publication excludes visitors who travelled on business as drivers or transport crew and those who travelled to attend training or to undertake research related to employment.
CD-MOTA (Compact Disc Monitor of Tourist Activity)
A database and software package containing results from the International Visitor Survey (IVS), the National Visitor Survey (NVS) and its predecessor the Domestic Tourism Monitor (DTM). The software on the CD allows users to select and present data within the package, define and explore market segments, and/or export results to other software. For further information contact Tourism Research Australia
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Confidence Intervals (CI)
The results of the IVS and the NVS are based on a sample, rather than a census, of visitors. As with all sample surveys, the results are subject to sampling variability, that is, they may differ from figures that would have been obtained if the entire population had been included in the survey. One measure of the likely difference is given by the confidence interval, which indicates the extent to which an estimate might have varied by chance because only a sample of the population was included. The NVS and the IVS results are published with 95% confidence interval widths given for a range of estimates. A 95% confidence interval means there are approximately 19 chances in 20 that the difference between the survey results and those that would be obtained from a census are within the range identified.
Direct effects
Economic effects created by direct tourism consumption. For example, the hotel industry providing accommodation services to tourists.
Expenditure
Money spent by, and on behalf of, travellers during a trip. Expenditure items include airfares and other transport costs such as bus and train fares and amounts spent on triprelated items before and after the trip.
Expenditure on capital goods
Capital goods and other major items such as a car are included in the estimates for international visitors.
Experience Perth
This region expanded in the March quarter 2004 to include additional areas surrounding Perth and is now known as 'Experience Perth'. All data for Perth in this publication relates to the new, expanded region.
Group tours
Involve visitors with some prior association (other than family membership) who are travelling together.
Inbound tourism
Tourism within Australia by international visitors.
Indigenous tourism
Tourism activity that involves the life and culture of the Aboriginal people including an opportunity to experience Aboriginal art, craft, cultural display and visit Aboriginal sites/communities.
Indirect effects
Flow on effects created by direct tourism consumption. They are the effects on businesses that supply to the direct providers of tourism goods and services. Examples include businesses that provide inputs required in the preparation of meals a restaurant sells to tourists, for example food manufacturers, electricity companies and delivery services.
International visitors
Overseas visitors coming to Australia for a period of less than twelve months.
International Visitor Survey (IVS)
Profiles the characteristics, travel behaviour and expenditure of international visitors to Australia. Summary information from the IVS is published quarterly. Unpublished data are available on request from Tourism Research Australia via the Statistical Enquiry Service. The IVS has been conducted every year since 1981, except for 1982 and 1987.
Leisure visitors
Visitors whose main purpose of visit is for a holiday or to visit friends and relatives (VFR).
Median nights
Represents the midpoint length of stay for which 50% of visitors stay less time and 50% stay longer.
Package tour
Visitors who arrived in Australia on an inclusive, pre-paid package tour.
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Purpose of visit
The main purpose, or the major reason for visiting a particular location. The major categories of purpose of visit in the IVS are: • • • • • •
Holiday/leisure Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) Business Education Employment Other - includes personal appointments, medical appointments and healthrelated travel.
Regional Australia
Includes all tourism regions in Australia, excluding the eight State/Territory capital cities and the Gold Coast.
Regional expenditure
Based on a methodology devised and implemented by Tourism Research Australia. Two types of regional expenditure estimates are published, both exclude major purchases such as motor vehicles: 1. 2.
The first form includes 30% of pre-paid package expenditure but excludes all expenditure on international airfares. The second form excludes all pre-paid expenditure on both packages and international airfares. A further explanation of regional expenditure is provided in the Survey methodology.
For more detailed information see Tourism Research Australia, 2009, Background & methods – Regional expenditure 2008, Tourism Research Australia, Canberra. Return traveller
An international traveller who has visited Australia previously.
Scandinavia
Includes Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and unspecified Scandinavia.
Total Inbound Economic Value (TIEV)
Represents the total amount of money that flows to the Australian tourism industry through the exportation of the tourism product.
Total spend in Australia
Excludes expenditure on goods pre-paid through inclusive package tours and services in Australia and pre-paid international airfares.
Total trip expenditure
Including expenditure in Australia, pre-paid expenditure on goods and services in Australia and pre-paid inclusive package travel and pre-paid international airfares.
Tourism regions
Formed predominantly through the aggregation of Statistical Local Areas (SLAs). Tourism regions are defined by the various State and Territory tourism organisations (STOs) according to their research and marketing needs. From 1998, the Bureau of Tourism Research (BTR – now Tourism Research Australia) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) adopted a coordinated approach to the use of tourism regions to enable comparability of regional data from different tourism surveys.
Tourism Satellite Account (TSA)
An extension from the core national accounts to focus on the tourism sector. It identifies tourism activities within the national accounting framework and compiles a comprehensive set of economic data on tourism. The first Australian TSA was released by the ABS in October 2000 (ABS catalogue no. 5249.0).
Visiting friends and relatives (VFR)
Visitors who nominate visiting friends or relatives as their main reason for travelling. Visiting friends and relatives also includes travel to a friend’s or relative’s wedding or travel to attend a funeral (see Purpose of visit).
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Visitors
The weighted number of international visitor arrivals to Australia. To fall within the scope of the IVS, the respondent must be an international visitor aged over 15 years and be departing one of the eight major Australian airports (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Gold Coast, Darwin, Perth and Adelaide) following a visit that was not more than one year in duration.
Visitor nights
The number of nights spent in Australia by international visitors in association with individual visits.
Weighting
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State and Territory abbreviations NSW
New South Wales
Vic
Victoria
Qld
Queensland
SA
South Australia
WA
Western Australia
Tas
Tasmania
ACT
Australian Capital Territory
NT
Northern Territory
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About Tourism Research Australia Tourism Research Australia provides independent, accurate, timely and strategically relevant statistics and analysis to the tourism industry, government and the community at large to enhance the contribution of tourism for the benefit of the Australian community. Tourism Research Australia is a unit of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.
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Statistical Enquiry Service Tourism Research Australia Statistical Enquiry Service is available for industry operators, academics and other interested parties. This service is maintained by a Research Officer who plays a key role in linking the tourism industry to important tourism research data. This service can provide Tourism Research Australia data in excel tables tailored to meet specific research needs. Tourism Research Australia is a cost recovery organisation and charges apply for research services. These will be dependent on the complexity of the information required. A consultancy quotation will be provided for data needs via email. All major credit cards are accepted with the exception of Diners. A tax invoice will be supplied on completion. For further information on the Statistical Enquiry Service please contact tourism.research@ret.gov.au
Online Data Package Tourism Research Australia has designed an online facility that allows paid subscribers authorised access to real time research information using Tourism Research Australia databases. This online environment provides users with the ability to manipulate and use data to generate tables which are relevant to specific needs as well as expanded functionality including: • • • •
immediate access to the new data each quarter on the day of release capability to store and update customised tables of user specified data in a password protected online database saved tables which can be built to update immediately when quarterly data is uploaded by Tourism Research Australia access from any computer with an internet service, allowing the user improved flexibility.
If you would like to receive information about the Online Data Package subscription or have further enquiries please email tourism.research@ret.gov.au
Online Student Data Package Tourism Research Australia has developed an Online Student Data Package. Available to subscribing educational institutions, Online Student Data is accessible to students through the educational institutions’ online library services. The data includes results from the International and National Visitor Surveys and enables students to research information on visitor demographics and behaviours. Students have access to online help including an online training manual and information buttons. For more information, please email tourism.research@ret.gov.au
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Data Desk The Data Desk facility has been developed for organisations that have elevated information needs, particularly each quarter when the IVS and NVS data are released. Subscribing organisations will receive predetermined tables of data in excel format on the day of each quarterly IVS and NVS release â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they are also entitled to 5 additional ad hoc statistical requests each quarter. For more information, please email tourism.research@ret.gov.au
Destination Visitor Surveys In addition to the International Visitor Survey (IVS) and the National Visitor Survey (NVS), Tourism Research Australia has developed a program of Destination Visitor Surveys (DVS). These projects are a regional initiative and are aimed at noncapital city destinations. The Destination Visitor Surveys program allows the analysis of visitor type, trip characteristics and destination specific issues. For further information on the regional Destination Visitor Surveys program, go to www.ret.gov.au/tra
Visitor Profile and Satisfaction program In response to a number of industry requests, Tourism Research Australia has developed a Visitor Profile and Satisfaction (VPS) program. In this program the research design, questionnaires, analysis and reporting are standardised. The standardised surveys enable regional destinations to work in partnership with Tourism Research Australia and leading market research companies to support localised marketing and business decision making. This program allows destinations to minimise the cost and time normally taken to complete such projects. The VPS program is open to any Australian tourism destination - projects are funded by the broader Destination Visitor Survey program. Opportunities are available for destinations to fund their own VPS project. To date those participating in these projects have covered a diverse range of visitor profiles and destination types, from remote outback destinations to some of the busiest tourism destinations in Australia. For more detailed information read the Visitor Profile and Satisfaction Program - A Guide for Tourism Destinations 2008 on our website at www.ret.gov.au/tra Please note: Initial contact must be made with the relevant State Tourism Organisations.
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