Visitors to Tasmania
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Tourism Tasmania gathers data on visitation to Tasmania through the Tasmanian Visitor Survey (TVS), a sample survey of passengers departing from Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie airports as well as the Spirit of Tasmania terminal in Devonport. Tourism Tasmania also compiles data from the National Visitor Survey and the International Visitor Survey, both conducted by Tourism Research Australia. Grow economic and social value Tourism Tasmania contributes to the Tasmanian Government’s T21 Tasmanian Visitor Economy Strategy by aiming to increase the number of leisure visitors to Tasmania.
| All visitors | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| T21 Measure | 12 months to June '16 | 12 months to June '17 | % change |
| Total visitors* | 1,167,900 | 1,269,600 | 9 |
| Expenditure (million) | $2,054 | $2,264 | 10 |
| Total nights (million) | 10.20 | 10.83 | 6 |
| Direct jobs | 17 200 | N/A* | N/A* |
| Indirect jobs | 20 200 | N/A* | N/A* |
| * Data to be released in 2018 | |||
| Leisure visitors | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | 12 months to June '16 | 12 months to June '17 | % change |
| Total leisure visitors | 862,700 | 966,200 | 12 |
| Expenditure (million) | $1,668 | $1,868 | 12 |
| Total nights (million) | 7.69 | 8.16 | 6 |
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