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Tasmania's World Heritage Areas are a popular destination for visitors. Of the estimated 652,200 visitors who arrived by scheduled airline flights and Bass Strait ferries in 2002-03, approximately 179,300 (27.5%) visited Cradle Mountain, 130,800 (20.1%) visited Lake St Clair/Derwent Bridge and 95,500 (14.6%) visited Gordon River. These World Heritage Areas were also popular in previous years.

ALL VISITORS(a), Selected Tasmanian World Heritage Areas visited
	2000-01	2001-02		2002-03
World Heritage Areas	'000	'000		'000	% of all visitors
Cradle Mountain	141.4	139.4		179.3	27.5
Lake St Clair/Derwent Bridge	115.5	110.8		130.8	20.1
Gordon River(b)	106.9	82.3		95.5	14.6
Lake Pedder/Gordon Dam	27.3	20.1		28.1	4.3
Hartz Mts National Park	16.1	20.5		21.2	3.3
South-West National Park/Melaleuca Inlet	11.1	11.2		14.5	2.2
(a) Includes visitors who arrived on scheduled airline flights and Bass Strait ferries only. (b) 2000-01 figure includes visitors to Gordon River and Franklin River. From 2001 onwards figure only includes visitors who went on the Gordon River Cruise. Source: Tourism Tasmania - Tasmanian Visitor Survey.