Tasmanian Tourism Snapshot - Domestic and International

Current snapshot

See also media release: Tasmania's Visitor Boom Continues

Previous Snapshots

This quarterly snapshot provides the latest trends and statistics on interstate, international, and intrastate visitation in Tasmania, as well as information on preference and intention to visit Tasmania.

Statistics contained in the Tasmanian Tourism Snapshot are gathered from the following sources:

  • Tasmanian Visitor Survey, Tourism Tasmania
  • National Visitor Survey, Tourism Research Australia
  • International Visitor Survey, Tourism Research Australia
  • Holiday Tracking Survey, Roy Morgan Research
  • Tasmanian Ports Corporation
  • Navy Headquarters – Tasmania.

See also International Tourism Snapshot

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Visitors to Tasmania:
917,100 (+4%)

Nights spent in Tasmania:
8.31 million (+14%)

Expenditure by visitors:
$1.468 billion (+4%)

For the period Oct 2008 – Sep 2009
Figures in brackets are the percentage changes from the previous corresponding year.
Note that these statistics refer to visitors to Tasmania on scheduled air and sea services only. They do not include visitors to Tasmania on cruise or navy ships.