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Kangaroo Island Airport Upgrade Business Case icons along with the Great Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock, and Sydney’s Opera House and Bridge. 6 In recognition of Kangaroo Island’s unique tourist appeal the Island has become of significant strategic importance at both a Commonwealth and State level. At a Commonwealth level, Kangaroo Island is recognised through Tourism Australia’s prestigious National Landscapes Program with Kangaroo Island being one of only 15 national landscapes formally recognised by the program. At a State level, the Island’s tourism is recognised in all key policy, planning and program documents. Kangaroo Island received the Conservation Achievement Award at the 2012 National Landscapes Forum Source: www.australia.com The total number of tourists visiting Kangaroo Island in 2011/12 was around 194,000 persons. The associated expenditure from these tourists on Kangaroo Island is estimated to be $123 million. 7 A substantial income is also derived from the tourism sector which is currently providing the major source of employment for around 20% of the resident population. Visitation to Kangaroo Island has continued to grow despite a high Australian dollar and recent uncertain economic conditions with the Global Financial Crisis and post crisis recession. In fact, between 2002 and 2012, Kangaroo Island has experienced 2.6% compound annual growth in visitation in spite of the downturns in other parts of the Australian and international economies. Analysis suggests that: • the passenger numbers being serviced by the ferry have increased, whilst the passengers taking to the Island via air services have been on a steady decline over the past decade; • tourism is stylised by relatively short stay or day trip return tourists, dominated by the ferry business with connections to Adelaide, and with integrated tour packages; • short stay or day trips do not fully exploit the economic potential available from tourism on the island, and may be damaging the South Australian tourism brand due to the rushed nature of the experience where a more relaxed and engaging lifestyle might be more beneficial for the national and international traveller, with obvious flow on effects to the economy. 6 See Figure 11: Proportion of international visitation, 2011/12, p28. 7 Econsearch, 2013, Impact of agriculture and tourism industries on the Kangaroo Island economy. May 2013 10
Kangaroo Island Airport Upgrade Business Case Kangaroo Island is an iconic tourist destination for Australian and Overseas visitors. It is well recognised internationally as a destination of rare and untouched beauty, but the passenger numbers are constrained by the cost of access, and the ability to service the potential customer base. 3.2 Travel to the Island With Kangaroo Island being of strategic importance to both Australia and South Australia, utmost importance must be placed on the access to the Island. Kangaroo Island Airport (KGC) is one of only two major points of entry into Kangaroo Island, the other being ferry services. Ferry access A ferry service operates between Cape Jervis on the South Australian mainland approximately 100km south of Adelaide and the Island port of Penneshaw which is approximately 60 kilometres east of Kingscote by road. These ferries carry passengers, cars and freight, including large commercial vehicles carrying fuel and supplies to the Island. The ferries also carry any agricultural outputs to markets off the Island. There is no other commercial freight service servicing the Island. Air access Air transport to the Island is provided by a 35 minute flight from Adelaide to Kangaroo Island Airport. The Kangaroo Island airport is located 13 kilometres from the Island’s capital, Kingscote. From a locality perspective the airport sits literally at a strategically important cross-road for the Island. It caters primarily for the commuter and tourist trade – only transporting some minor time-sensitive freight items. The airport is the only point of entry to Kangaroo Island for regular passenger transport (RPT) aerial services and is therefore serviced mainly by RPT and many charter flights. The airport occupies an area of approximately 278 hectares. The air access is critical to time sensitive travel, delivering passengers from the central area of the Island to Adelaide within the hour. The alternative route via ferry involves a combination of coach/ferry/coach delivering passengers into Adelaide in approximately 4 ½ hours. May 2013 11
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