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The largest number of interstate visitors in 2002-03 who arrived by scheduled airline flights and Bass Strait ferries came from Victoria (255,900), followed by New South Wales (136,400) and Queensland (62,200).

In 2002-03, international arrivals accounted for 16.7% of all scheduled airline flight arrivals and Bass Strait ferry arrivals. This compares to 18.6% in 2001-02 and 18.5% in 2000-01.

Britons (31,200) were the most frequent international visitors in 2002-03, followed by visitors from North America (27,400) and visitors from Continental Europe (21,100). The number of North American visitors (27,400) was an increase of 21.2% from the 22,600 recorded in 2001-02.

ORIGIN OF VISITORS TO TASMANIA(a)
	2000-01(b)	2001-02		2002-03
Origin of visitors	'000	'000		'000	% of all visitors
New South Wales	100.7	94.2		136.4	20.9
Victoria	204.1	197.9		255.9	39.2
Queensland	51.6	49.1		62.2	9.5
South Australia	25.4	24.2		31.9	4.9
Western Australia	26.1	23.4		31.9	4.9
Northern Territory	4.6	2.8		3.9	0.6
Australian Capital Territory	14.8	15.0		16.6	2.5
Total Australia(c)	(d)430.3	(d)422.8		(d)543.6	83.3
British Isles	24.0	24.3		31.2	4.8
Continental Europe	17.5	19.5		21.1	3.2
North America	30.5	22.6		27.4	4.2
New Zealand	8.1	10.9		7.4	1.1
Japan	4.5	5.9		6.9	1.1
Other Asia	9.8	10.3		10.9	1.7
Other overseas	3.9	3.2		3.6	0.6
Total overseas(c)	98.2	96.7		108.6	16.7
All adult visitors(c)	531.0	519.9		652.2	100.0
(a) Includes scheduled airline flight arrivals and Bass Strait ferry arrivals only. (b) Day visitors were included in the Tasmanian Visitor Survey from July 2000. Prior to July 2000, only visitors who had spent a night or more in the state were included in the survey. There were 10,200 day visitors to Tasmania in 2001-02. (c) Estimates have been rounded and minor discrepancies may occur between sums of component items and totals. (d) Includes visitors who did not report state of origin. Source: Tourism Tasmania - Tasmanian Visitor Survey.