Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 22—Tourism 787
22.2 VISITOR NIGHTS(a), By State/Territory of Destination and Main Purpose of Visit—1999
Visiting
All business Pleasure/holiday friends/relatives Other Total(b)
State/Territory of destination
’000
’000
’000 ’000
’000
New South Wales 13 322 43 821 31 168 4 004 93 871
Victoria 6 801 26 664 16 736 1 823 52 540
Queensland 11 250 40 333 20 401 4 678 78 055
South Australia 2 643 8 890 6 182 1 150 19 263
Western Australia 5 342 14 644 7 084 1 185 29 205
Tasmania 1 366 4 554 2 138 (d)319 8 522
Northern Territory 1 532 3 172 909 (d)258 6 430
Australian Capital Territory 1 948 1 593 2 232 (d)169 5 962
Australia(c) 44 209 143 932 86 849 13 598 294 198
(a) By Australian residents, 15 years of age and over. (b) Includes visitor nights where purpose of visit was not asked. (c) Includes
other and not stated. (d) Subject to sampling variability too high for practical purposes.
Source: National Visitor Survey, Bureau of Tourism Research.
22.3 VISITOR NIGHTS(a), Type of Accommodation Used by State/Territory—1999
NSW
Vic.
Accommodation type
’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000 ’000
Hotel, resort, motel, motor inn 21 637 10 918 19 838 4 029 6 023 2 466 1 975 2 102 68 994
Guest house/B&B 1 862 968 553 *349 466 *282 *27 *3 4 511
Self-catering cottage/apartment 6 985 3 655 10 257 1 191 2 513 673 *174 554 26 003
Caravan park or commercial camping
ground 10 919 6 380 7 196 2 294 3 177 642 944 *196 32 002
Friends’ or relatives’ property 40 141 22 564 29 316 7 995 11 507 2 991 1 427 2 641 118 582
Own property (e.g. holiday house) 4 534 3 703 2 199 1 430 1 102 573 *46 *69 13 671
Caravan or camping by side of
the road, or on private
(non-commercial) property 2 938 2 143 2 925 795 1 744 398 736 *33 11 712
Other/not stated(c) 3 299 1 696 4 378 780 1 720 350 542 464 13 111
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.(b)
Total(d) 93 871 52 540 78 055 19 263 29 205 8 522 6 340 5 962 294 198
(a) Australian residents aged 15 years and over. (b) Includes other and not stated. (c) Other accommodation includes
backpacker/hostel, university/school dormitory/college, hospital/hospital related accommodation for relatives, and privately owned
boat/yacht etc. (d) Includes visitor nights where accommodation type was not asked.
Source: National Visitor Survey, Bureau of Tourism Research.
In 1999 the most frequently used accommodation
by domestic travellers was the property of friends
or relatives (40% of visitor nights), followed by
hotels, resorts and motels (23%) and caravan
parks or commercial camping grounds (11%).
A similar pattern occurred in New South Wales,
Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and
the Northern Territory. However in Queensland,
Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, self
catering cottages/apartments were more popular
than caravan parks, accounting for 13%, 8% and
9% of visitor nights respectively (table 22.3).
Intrastate visits accounted for the majority of total
domestic tourism visitor nights (58%). They are a
particularly important component of domestic
tourism for Western Australia, New South Wales
and Victoria, where 70%, 65% and 62%
respectively of domestic visitor nights in the State
were accounted for by residents of the State in
1999 (table 22.4).
In terms of numbers of visitor nights, net
beneficiaries from domestic tourism (i.e. where
inbound interstate visitor nights are greater than
outbound interstate visitor nights) are
Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania and the
Northern Territory. While Queensland is the
biggest relative net beneficiary, with 2.2 times as
many inbound nights as outbound nights,
Victoria is the biggest relative net contributor,
with 1.8 times as many outbound nights as
inbound nights.