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VISITOR TRAVEL IN AUSTRALIA
DAY VISITORS
Day visitors (or same-day visitors) are those who travel for a round trip distance of at least 50 kilometres, are away from home for at least four hours, and who do not spend a night away from home as part of their travel. Same-day travel as part of overnight travel is excluded, as is routine travel such as commuting between work/school and home.
During the year ended 31 December 2004, there were 129.6 million same-day trips taken in Australia by Australian residents aged 15 years and over, down 6.8% from the 139.1 million day trips recorded for the corresponding period in 2003 (table 21.11).
21.11 DAY VISITORS(a), By state/territory visited
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| Destination | |
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| NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust.(b) |
| ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 |
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2001 | 50,676 | 38,582 | 25,735 | 11,177 | 12,288 | 4,863 | 768 | 1,920 | 146,008 |
2002 | 50,410 | 35,945 | 24,707 | 10,519 | 12,902 | 4,514 | 1,027 | 2,108 | 142,133 |
2003 | 44,988 | 36,499 | 27,250 | 10,546 | 12,135 | 4,705 | 1,049 | 1,888 | 139,060 |
2004 | 40,505 | 30,655 | 30,938 | 9,735 | 11,448 | 3,958 | 908 | 1,422 | 129,568 |
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(a) Australian residents aged 15 years and over.
(b) Components may not add to total as total includes unspecified and offshore visits that could not be allocated to a state or territory.
Source: Tourism Research Australia, 'Travel by Australians', December quarter 2004. |
New South Wales received the most day visitors (31%), followed by Victoria and Queensland (each with 24%). The Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory each accounted for 1% of day visitors (table 21.12).
Holiday/leisure accounted for 52% of same-day trips, while 29% involved visiting friends and/or relatives and 9% involved travel mainly for business.
21.12 DAY VISITORS(a), By state/territory visited and main purpose of visit - 2004
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| Holiday/leisure
| Visiting
friends/relatives
| Business
| Other
| Total
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| ’000 | % | ’000 | % | ’000 | % | ’000 | % | ’000 | % |
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New South Wales | 20,913 | 31 | 11,647 | 31 | 3,524 | 30 | 4,421 | 33 | 40,505 | 31 |
Victoria | 15,307 | 23 | 9,498 | 25 | 2,727 | 23 | 3,122 | 23 | 30,655 | 24 |
Queensland | 16,606 | 25 | 8,245 | 22 | 2,924 | 25 | 3,164 | 24 | 30,938 | 24 |
South Australia | 5,299 | 8 | 2,884 | 8 | 708 | 6 | 844 | 6 | 9,735 | 8 |
Western Australia | 5,428 | 8 | 3,867 | 10 | 1,093 | 9 | 1,061 | 8 | 11,448 | 9 |
Tasmania | 2,084 | 3 | 987 | 3 | 362 | 3 | 525 | 4 | 3,958 | 3 |
Northern Territory | 584 | 1 | *132 | *0 | *84 | *1 | *108 | *1 | 908 | 1 |
Australian Capital Territory | 694 | 1 | 256 | 1 | 255 | 2 | 217 | 2 | 1,422 | 1 |
Australia(b) | 66,915 | 100 | 37,516 | 100 | 11,677 | 100 | 13,460 | 100 | 129,568 | 100 |
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* Subject to sampling variability too high for practical purposes.
(a) Australian residents aged 15 years and over.
(b) Components may not add to total as total includes unspecified and offshore visits that could not be allocated to a state or territory.
Source: Tourism Research Australia, 'Travel by Australians', December quarter 2004. | |
VISITOR NIGHTS
Overnight travel involves a stay away from home for at least one night, at a place at least 40 kilometres from home. A person is an overnight visitor to a location if they stay one or more nights in the location while travelling.
Domestic visitor nights refers to the number of nights Australian residents aged 15 years and over spent away from home in association with individual visits.
Australian residents aged 15 years and over spent 296.9 million nights away from home during the year ended 31 December 2004 (table 21.13). This was 1% higher than the 294.1 million nights away recorded for the corresponding period in 2003. New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory all recorded increases in the number of domestic visitor nights in 2004, while the number of domestic visitor nights declined in Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.
21.13 VISITOR NIGHTS(a), By state/territory visited
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| NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust.(b) |
| ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 | ’000 |
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2001 | 89,447 | 55,747 | 75,002 | 19,508 | 28,068 | 7,970 | 7,174 | 5,749 | 289,644 |
2002 | 93,269 | 56,684 | 76,342 | 20,424 | 29,748 | 8,775 | 7,518 | 5,382 | 298,658 |
2003 | 88,188 | 54,892 | 78,839 | 21,146 | 29,997 | 9,647 | 6,141 | 5,235 | 294,112 |
2004 | 89,179 | 54,872 | 78,196 | 21,680 | 31,002 | 10,263 | 6,522 | 5,107 | 296,877 |
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(a) Australian residents aged 15 years and over.
(b) Total includes unspecified and offshore visits that could not be allocated to a state or territory.
Source: Tourism Research Australia, 'Travel by Australians', December quarter 2004. |
In 2004, New South Wales received the most visitor nights with 30%, followed by Queensland (26%) and Victoria (18%) (table 21.14). The Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory each accounted for 2% of visitor nights. Overnight travellers who had holiday or leisure as their main purpose of visit contributed 45% of domestic visitor nights, followed by those visiting friends and/or relatives (34%) and business (14%).
21.14 VISITOR NIGHTS(a), By state/territory visited and main purpose of visit - 2004
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| Holiday/leisure
| Visiting
friends/relatives
| Business
| Other
| Total(b)
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| ’000 | % | ’000 | % | ’000 | % | ’000 | % | ’000 | % |
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New South Wales | 38,574 | 29 | 34,022 | 33 | 11,572 | 28 | 4,212 | 33 | 89,179 | 30 |
Victoria | 25,284 | 19 | 19,803 | 19 | 7,120 | 17 | 2,241 | 18 | 54,872 | 18 |
Queensland | 39,110 | 29 | 24,758 | 24 | 9,706 | 23 | 2,895 | 23 | 78,196 | 26 |
South Australia | 8,882 | 7 | 7,337 | 7 | 3,638 | 9 | 1,139 | 9 | 21,680 | 7 |
Western Australia | 13,534 | 10 | 8,195 | 8 | 6,001 | 14 | 1,440 | 11 | 31,002 | 10 |
Tasmania | 5,029 | 4 | 3,474 | 3 | 1,286 | 3 | *264 | *2 | 10,263 | 3 |
Northern Territory | 2,612 | 2 | 1,780 | 2 | 1,410 | 3 | *121 | *1 | 6,522 | 2 |
Australian Capital Territory | 1,188 | 1 | 2,529 | 2 | 1,045 | 3 | *340 | *3 | 5,107 | 2 |
Australia(c) | 134,257 | 100 | 101,898 | 100 | 41,790 | 100 | 12,652 | 100 | 296,877 | 100 |
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* Subject to sampling variability too high for practical purposes.
(a) Australian residents aged 15 years and over.
(b) Includes visitor nights where purpose of visit was not stated.
(c) Components may not add to total as total includes unspecified and offshore visits that could not be allocated to a state or territory.
Source: Tourism Research Australia, 'Travel by Australians', December quarter 2004. |
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