Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 22—Tourism 791
After payments for package tours and prepaid
international airfares, expenditure on food, drink
and accommodation was the next highest outlay,
averaging $846 per visitor (table 22.11). High
spenders on food, drink and accommodation
tended to be from Europe, China, Canada and the
United Kingdom. Visitors from Asian countries
tended to be the highest spenders on shopping,
those from Indonesia recording the highest
average expenditure on shopping ($654), followed
by visitors from China ($606) and Taiwan ($582).
Persons visiting for ‘other’ reasons
(e.g. education, employment, health) spent the
most on average ($6,514 per person), followed by
business visitors ($4,182). Relatively high
expenditure on prepaid international airfares and
on food, drink and accommodation contributed
to an overall high average expenditure by these
two categories of visitors. Persons visiting for
‘other’ reasons were also the highest spenders on
shopping and education fees (table 22.11).
22.10 AVERAGE VISITOR EXPENDITURE, By Country/Region of Residence and Expenditure Item—1999
Items of expenditure
Package
tours
Prepaid
international
airfares
Transport
Food,
drink and
accommodation
Shopping
Entertainment
and gambling
Education
fees
Country/region of
residence
$
$ $
$ $
$ $ $ $
New Zealand 221 437 195 488 342 76 11 59 1 829
Germany 1 292 1 471 847 1 191 295 59 107 90 5 351
United Kingdom 802 1 677 554 1 226 347 113 8 95 4 823
Other Europe 1 060 1 565 758 1 364 400 106 139 147 5 539
Indonesia 144 596 482 1 002 654 160 1 174 338 4 550
Malaysia 241 497 331 763 400 247 812 106 3 397
Singapore 453 511 331 811 443 184 644 111 3 489
Hong Kong (SAR of
China) 489 788 350 1 004 483 169 520 131 3 933
Japan 1 995 302 261 384 573 48 114 43 3 720
Korea 794 545 305 969 506 128 399 129 3 775
Taiwan 984 436 320 650 582 88 587 112 3 759
Thailand 290 536 428 992 491 319 772 140 3 967
China 767 920 512 1 304 606 215 1 001 312 5 637
Other Asia 240 991 436 954 626 156 712 174 4 289
United States of
America 1 188 1 954 468 969 329 86 236 90 5 320
Canada 1 053 1 789 594 1 238 367 112 107 127 5 387
Other countries 451 1 129 325 708 511 80 122 117 3 443
All countries 884 969 412 846 438 106 248 103 4 006
Source: International Visitor Survey, Bureau of Tourism Research.
Other
Total
22.11 AVERAGE VISITOR EXPENDITURE, By Expenditure Item and Main Purpose of Trip—1999
Business
Visiting friends
and relatives
Holiday
Main purpose of trip
All other reasons
Expenditure items
$
$
$
$
$
Package tours 307 164 1 326 580 884
Prepaid international airfares 1 805 1 198 691 1 109 969
Transport 315 285 399 689 412
Food, drink and accommodation 1 163 501 687 1 669 846
Shopping 361 429 444 484 438
Entertainment and gambling 77 80 97 197 106
Education fees 24 70 26 1 475 248
Other 131 67 54 311 103
All items 4 182 2 795 3 724 6 514 4 006
Source: International Visitor Survey, Bureau of Tourism Research.
Total