22 June 2017 DOMESTIC TOURISM REPORT: OVERVIEW OF ACCOMMODATION PERFORMANCE 1. Key markets and trends 1.1 Overview Domestic Overnight Visitors 91,682,567 3.1% Domestic Visitor Nights 335,480,784 3.8% Domestic Trip Expenditure $61.747 billion 6.3% Average Domestic Trip Expenditure $673.49 3.06% The National Visitor Survey figures for the year ending March 2017 show that Australian domestic tourism continues to grow strongly. Domestic overnight visitor numbers across all accommodation categories is up by 3.1% to 91.7 million, while visitor nights grew by 3.8% to exceed 335 million. Domestic visitor expenditure reached an all-time high, increasing 6.3% to $61.7 billion. Nationwide, domestic visitor nights spent in hotels, motels and resorts over the past year increased by 3.67%, growing 5% in capital cities and 2.4% in regional areas. This growth is less than domestic visitor nights in rented plus other private accommodation, which increased 6.07%. In the five years since March 2012, domestic visitor nights in hotels, motels and resorts has grown by a total of 14.2%, while domestic visitor nights in rented plus other private accommodation has grown by a total of 18.2%. Non-commercial caravan and camping domestic visitor nights increased 7.05% in the past year and 45% since 2012, while the bed and breakfast category recorded the next strongest growth (6.88% in the past year, and 36.8% since 2012). The best performing capital cities by growth in visitor nights in hotels, motels and resorts for the year ending March 2017 were Canberra (up 20.2%), Hobart (up 18.7%) and Melbourne (up 13.7%). Brisbane also reported welcome growth of 11.4%. Western Australia reported the largest growth in regional domestic visitor nights in hotels, motels and resorts for the year ending March 2017 (14.7%), while South Australia (-6.7%) and the NT (- 12.1%) reported the largest percentage falls. This report is based on data sourced from Tourism Research Australia. 1
2. Domestic Visitor Trends 2.1 Domestic Overnight Visitors Visitors State Change 2016- ch 2016 ch 2017 2017 % of all Visitors NSW 28,268 29,412 4.05% 32.1 VIC 21,231 22,542 6.17% 24.6 QLD 20,358 21,234 4.30% 23.2 WA 9,942 9,489-4.56% 10.4 SA 6,047 6,109 1.03% 6.7 ACT 2,435 2,501 2.71% 2.7 TAS 2,350 2,519 7.19% 2.7 NT 1,589 1,476-7.11% 1.6 AUS 88,893 91,683 3.14% 100 2.2 Domestic Visitor Nights Visitor Nights State Change 2016- % of all Visitor ch 2016 ch 2017 2017 Nights NSW 90,477 96,459 6.61% 28.8 QLD 79,192 83,176 5.03% 24.8 VIC 62,183 65,405 5.18% 19.5 WA 44,479 43,080-3.15% 12.8 SA 20,904 21,687 3.75% 6.5 TAS 9,781 10,847 10.90% 3.2 NT 9,921 8,458-14.75% 2.5 ACT 6,209 6,368 2.56% 1.9 AUS 323,144 335,481 3.82% 100 2
2.2 Purpose/Reason for Visit (by visitor nights) Holiday or Leisure VFR Year Ending March 2017 ('000) Business Year Ending March 2016 ('000) Other 0 50000 100000 150000 *Holiday/Leisure up 0.49% *VFR up 7.60% *Business up 1.67% *Other up 14.48% 3
3. Accommodation Performance - Capital Cities (plus GC) 3.1 Capital Cities, Domestic Visitor Nights Spent in Hotels, Motels and Resorts Rank Total Location ch 2016 ch 2017 Change 1 Melbourne 8,656 9,841 13.7% 2 Sydney 9,158 8,877-3.1% 3 Gold Coast 5,881 5,564-5.4% 4 Brisbane 4,074 4,540 11.4% 5 Adelaide 2,932 3,155 7.6% 6 Perth 3,120 3,038-2.6% 7 Canberra 2,354 2,830 20.2% 8 Hobart 1,453 1,724 18.7% 9 Darwin 1,537 1,547 0.7% Capital Cities incl. Gold Coast 39,165 41,116 5.0% 3.2 Capital Cities, Domestic Visitor Nights Across All Accommodation Categories Rank Total Location ch 2016 ch 2017 Change 1 Sydney 23,091 26,025 12.7% 2 Melbourne 22,363 24,419 9.2% 3 Brisbane 17,389 18,053 3.8% 4 Gold Coast 13,307 14,276 7.3% 5 Perth 14,007 13,330-4.8% 6 Adelaide 8,052 8,416 4.5% 7 Canberra 6,209 6,368 2.6% 8 Hobart 4,409 4,857 10.2% 9 Darwin 4,272 4,056-5.1% Capital Cities incl. Gold Coast 113,098 119,800 5.9% 4
4. Accommodation Performance - Regional 4.1 Regional Locations, Domestic Visitor Nights Spent in Hotels, Motels and Resorts Rank Location ch 2016 ch 2017 Change 1 NSW 13,848 14,367 3.7% 2 QLD 12,651 12,592-0.5% 3 VIC 6,496 6,766 4.2% 4 WA 4,077 4,677 14.7% 5 SA 2,050 1,912-6.7% 6 TAS 1,436 1,438 0.1% 7 NT 1,408 1,237-12.1% Total Regional 41,966 42,990 2.4% 4.2 Regional Locations, Domestic Visitor Nights Across All Accommodation Categories Rank Location ch 2016 ch 2017 Change 1 NSW 67,386 70,434 4.5% 2 QLD 48,495 50,846 4.8% 3 VIC 39,820 40,986 2.9% 4 WA 30,472 29,750-2.4% 5 SA 12,852 13,271 3.3% 6 TAS 5,371 5,990 11.5% 7 NT 5,649 4,402-22.1% Total Regional 210,046 215,681 2.7% 5
5. Unregulated Accommodation Performance Tourism Research Australia has advised TAA that unregulated accommodation (i.e. Airbnb type rentals) is presently recorded in two categories: Rented house/apartment/flat or unit and Other Private Accommodation. Accordingly, these two categories have been combined below and labelled Rented plus Other Private. 5.1 Domestic Visitor Nights by Accommodation Category 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 2007 2008 2009 Hotel/resort/motel or motor Inn Rented plus other private Backpacker or hostel Friends or relatives property 2010 2011 2012 Nights (000) 2013 2014 2015 Guest house or Bed & Breakfast 2016 Caravan park or commercial camping ground Own property Caravan or camping - non commercial 2017 6
6. Notes Serviced apartments are included in the Hotels/Motels/Resorts data category. Due to changes in survey methodology, in recent quarters some unexpectedly high growth rates have appeared in some National Visitor Survey (NVS) sub-estimates. The issue is more pronounced in some specific purpose groups, and has a relatively higher impact in some of the smaller states and territories. TRA suggests that users of the NVS data interpret recent year on year growth rates with caution until further notice. 7. More Information The data in this Member Bulletin is from Tourism Research Australia s Travel By Australians: March 2017 Quarterly Results of the National Visitor Survey. It can be accessed at https://www.tra.gov.au/research/latest-nvs-report.html. If you have questions about the information provided in this overview, or would like further information, please email: taa@tourismaccommodation.com.au 7