As at December 2003, there were 143 hotels, motels, guest houses and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms in Tasmania, yielding a total capacity of 6,030 guest rooms. The Greater Hobart tourism region had the largest number of tourist accommodation establishments (45), the highest room occupancy rate (66.5%), and the greatest volume of takings ($63.1 million) for 2003.
At the end of December 2003, tourist accommodation employed 4,244 people. Some 1,788 (42.1%) of these people were employed in establishments in the Greater Hobart tourism region, followed by 1,103 (26.0%) in the Greater Launceston tourism region. Just 53 people (1.2%) were employed by accommodation establishments in the Northern tourism region.
TOURIST ACCOMMODATION, Tasmanian tourism regions(a)(b) - 2003 |
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 | | Establishments | | Rooms | | Persons employed | | Room occupancy rate | | Takings |
Tourism region(c) | |
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no.
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%
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$'000
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| Greater Hobart | | 45 | | 2,351 | | 1,788 | | 66.5 | | 63,059 |
| Southern | | 6 | | 155 | | 88 | | 47.7 | | 2,476 |
| East Coast | | 12 | | 450 | | 284 | | 46.7 | | 8,537 |
| West Coast | | 11 | | 461 | | 303 | | 42.9 | | 6,639 |
| Northern | | 4 | | 122 | | 53 | | 47.8 | | 1,488 |
| Greater Launceston | | 32 | | 1,416 | | 1,103 | | 56.3 | | 27,962 |
| North West | | 33 | | 1,075 | | 625 | | 46.4 | | 17,665 |
| Tasmania | | 143 | | 6,030 | | 4,244 | | 56.4 | | 127,827 |
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(a) Includes hotels, motels, guest houses and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms or units. Excludes holiday flats, units and houses; caravan parks and visitor hostels.
(b) Establishment, employment and capacity items are as at December 2003. Takings and occupancy rates relate to the whole year.
(c) Refer to the Map of Tasmanian Tourism Regions.
Source: ABS data available on request, Tourist Accomodation, Small Area Data, Tasmania. |
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