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Regional and seasonal trends Fact sheet H Seasonality All tourism destinations experience varying levels of seasonality in terms of demand and volumes of visitors, driven by issues such as their range of tourism products, destinations and attractions, weather patterns, and key visitor markets. Seasonal demand directly influences issues such as the numbers of visitors, levels of expenditure, volume of traffic on highways, employment, admissions to attractions and demand for visitor accommodation including caravan sites and campsites. Having a clear understanding of the typical seasonality in demand for commercial and non- commercial campsites is vital to developing effective local camping policies and management frameworks. Figure H.1 shows the seasonal spread of camping visitors to Queensland, with peaks in January, April and October correlating with school holidays and families seeking short trips. Table H.1 Rate of change from 2006 to 2013 in use of commercial and non-commercial camping grounds by international and domestic visitors to Queensland Age (years) Commercial Non-commercial International Domestic International Domestic 15–24 -37% -42% -9% 77% 25–44 -42% 0% -18% 47% 45–64 -41% -11% 93% 15% 65+ -47% 22% -2% 67% In addition to understanding seasonality, it is also important to understand the sources of demand for camping accommodation. As Table H.1 shows, there is strong growth in the use of non-commercial accommodation by domestic visitors to Queensland. Commercial accommodation has seen a decline in both international and domestic markets. Consideration must be given by each local government to the trends in visitors seen in their region in recent years. Table H.1 and Figure H.1 show the domestic visitation to regions and accommodation preferences. Figure H.1 Domestic overnight camping visitors to Queensland by month of return 160 Number of visitors (000) 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 January February March April May June July August September October November December Month of return Fact sheet H 68
Fact sheet H Outback region As noted in Table H.2, the Outback region has seen a steady growth of visitors since 2006. A large proportion of visitors opt to stay in non-commercial accommodation and these categories have grown in recent years, while commercial accommodation shows strong variation from one year to the next. Table H.2 Domestic visitors using overnight accommodation in the Outback, 2006 to 2012 (000’s) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Caravan park or commercial camping ground 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Caravan or camping near road or on private property 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Caravan park—staying in a caravan (and TRAVELLING WITH a caravan) (2006 onwards) Caravan park—staying in a caravan (but NOT TRAVELLING WITH a caravan) (2006 onwards) 18 34 26 20 36 33 36 2 0 0 8 12 3 3 Caravan park—camping (2006 onwards) 13 14 22 15 13 32 18 Caravan on side of road or private property (2006 onwards) Camping on side of road or private property (2006 onwards) Camping in national park or on crown land (2006 onwards) Caravan park—staying in a self-drive van, motorhome or campervan (and TRAVELLING WITH a self-drive van, motorhome or campervan) 4 4 2 7 14 13 35 21 23 31 32 14 34 28 10 23 13 15 8 5 23 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Self-drive van, motorhome or campervan on side of road or private property 0 0 0 0 0 11 13 Total 76 98 94 97 97 134 159 Fact sheet H 69
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Department of Tourism, Major Events
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Foreword Camping is synonymous with
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Summary In January 2013, the Queens
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Introduction 7
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Why do we need options? The Queensl
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Creating a common language The foll
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What is happening with camping? For
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Commercial and non-commercial campi
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Page 21 and 22: Meeting the needs of diverse consum
Page 23 and 24: Stage 1: Best practice first steps
Page 25 and 26: 1.1 Foundations for management and
Page 27 and 28: 1.3 Needs analysis Local government
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Page 31 and 32: Choosing an option How local govern
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Page 45 and 46: 3.2 Promotion and partnerships Prom
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Page 49 and 50: Fact sheet A National tourism plann
Page 51 and 52: Estimating the real cost and additi
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Page 57 and 58: Fact sheet D The Act also allows th
Page 59 and 60: Fact sheet E Townsville City Counci
Page 61 and 62: Overflow camping policy Fact sheet
Page 63 and 64: Adopting standard definitions Fact
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Page 67: Fact sheet G Section Objectives Per
Page 71 and 72: Fact sheet I Recognising self-conta
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