Week 4 research summarised

I summarised some important statistics that I found which related to our assignment:

Australian Capital Territory info summary

International Visitors in Australia- March 2011

Backpacker visitors visited, year ended 31 March 2007-2011

Australian Capital Territory

ACT	2007 ‘000 %		2008 ‘000 %		2009 ‘000 %		2010 ‘000 %		2011 ‘000 %
	38	7	37	7	38	7	38	6	37	6

Economic Importance of Tourism in Australia’s Regions

Total tourism expenditure, sample size, total output and economic importance of tourism estimates (in order of magnitude)

Canberra	Total tourism expenditure		TRA data	Total output	Economic Importance of Tourism
	Purchaser’s prices, $m	Basic prices $m	Sample size	Basic prices $m	%
	1,464	1,058	1,580	41,428	2.6

Travel by Australians December 2010

Overnight visitors and visitor nights by state/territory visited and purpose of visit

December Quarter 2010 and year ended 31 December 2010

ACT	Visitors ‘000  %		Visitor nights ‘000 %
	446	3	1202	2

Overnight visitors by state/territory visited

ACT	Holiday ‘000 %		Visiting friends and family ‘000 %		Business ‘000 %		Other ‘000 %		Total ‘000 %
	761	3	634	3	540	4	126	3	2064	3

Visitors nights: state/territory visited by main purpose of visit

ACT	Holiday ‘000 %		Visiting friends and family ‘000 %		Business ‘000 %		Other ‘000 %		Total ‘000 %
	305	1	517	3	273	3	104	3	1202	2

Overnight visitors by state/territory of origin and Australian population

ACT	Origin of visitors ‘000 %				Population ‘000 %				Total ‘000 %
		3	634	3	540	4	126	3	2064	3

Overnight visitors: State/territory visited by main transport used

ACT	Holiday ‘000 %		Visiting friends and family ‘000 %		Business ‘000 %		Other ‘000 %		Total ‘000 %
	761	3	634	3	540	4	126	3	2064	3

References:

·         Australian Government, Department of Resources, energy and Tourism, March 2011, Quarterly results of the International Visitors Survey, International visitors in Australia.

·         Regional tourism profiles 2009/2010, Australian Capital Territory state and region summary.

·         Australian Government, Department of Resources, energy and Tourism, March 2011, Quarterly Results of the National visitors survey Travel by Australians,