Post on 02-May-2022
Sources: International & National Visitor Surveys, December 2018. State Tourism Satellite Accounts, June 2017.
Tourism in the ACT YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2018
HOW MANY CAME TO VISIT?
252 THOUSAND INTERNATIONAL OVERNIGHT VISITORS
2.7 MILLION DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT VISITORS
2.2 MILLION DOMESTIC DAY VISITORS
HOW LONG DID THEY STAY?
5.8 MILLION INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NIGHTS
7.3 MILLION DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT VISITOR NIGHTS
VISITOR NIGHTS
13.17 MILLION
WHAT DID THEY SPEND?
WHAT DID THEY SPEND?
$686 MILLION INTERNATIONAL EXPENDITURE
$1.81 BILLION DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT EXPENDITURE
$341 MILLION DOMESTIC DAY EXPENDITURE
$117.51 INTERNATIONAL SPEND PER NIGHT
$246.83 DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT SPEND PER NIGHT
$153.81 DOMESTIC DAY SPEND PER TRIP
TOTAL ALL EXPENDITURE $2.84 BILLION
AVERAGE SPEND PER TRIP
WHAT’S IT ALL WORTH?
16,800 JOBS TOTAL TOURISM EMPLOYMENT
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACT ECONOMY
$2.26 BILLION
2.9%
-0.3%
13.8%
24.7%
15.0%
10.0%
11.8%
4.0%
4.8%
8.6%
7.4%
8.0%
12.7%
10.2%
3.8%
7.2%
PAST YEAR
GROWTH
PAST YEAR
GROWTH
PAST YEAR
GROWTH
AUSTRALIA WIDE
GROWTH
AUSTRALIA WIDE
GROWTH
AUSTRALIA WIDE
GROWTH
VISITORS TO THE ACT
5.21 MILLION
Sources: International & National Visitor Surveys, December 2018. * Low base size.
WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? Our top local and international markets
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS PAST YEAR
CHINA 19% 4.5%
UNITED KINGDOM 9% 2.1%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 8% 17.2%
NEW ZEALAND 7% 16.5%
INDIA 6% 24.9%
GERMANY 5% 34.5%
CANADA 3% 40.8%
SINGAPORE 3% 2.1%
INDONESIA 3% 26.8%
TAIWAN 3% 79.5%
DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT VISITORS
NSW 68%
VIC 14%
QLD 8%
SA 2%
WA 2%*
TAS 1%*
NT 1%*
ACT 0%*
DOMESTIC DAY VISITORS
NSW 81%
VIC 1%
QLD 1%
ACT 17%
DOMESTIC DAY
VISITORS
48% Holiday 40.5%
21% VFR 8.2%
20% Business 10.4%
11% Other 13.4%
DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT
VISITORS
28% Holiday 7.9%
34% VFR 2.0%
32% Business 7.5%
6% Other 10.5%
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
46% Holiday 1.4%
31% VFR 11.0%
11% Business 2.2%
9% Education 11.1%2%
Employment 18.9%
WHY ARE THEY COMING?