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In response to the 2012 joint Federal and State study on aviation capacity in the Sydney region, the Federal Government has today released the technical scoping study into the suitability of Wilton as a second Sydney Airport site in addition to the potential use of RAAF Richmond for limited commercial operations. The scoping study can be found here.
The studies were carried out by WorleyParsons for site identification and suitability, Booz and Company for alternative airport site modelling, Ernst & Young for the economic and social analysis and PricewaterhouseCoopers to examine the viability factors for airline and investor perspectives.
The China Tourism Strategy to guide business development and consumer marketing activity to the end of the decade was launched at The Hilton Sydney by the Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing, Minister for the Arts, The Hon. George Souris MP and the CEO of Destination NSW, Sandra Chipchase.
The strategy’s key objectives are to ensure that our state keeps pace with the rapid expansion of the inbound Chinese market, which is expected to become the state’s leading source of international tourists next year, and ensure that the state protects its leading market position and continues to gain the bulk of the Chinese visitor market to Australia. It is expected that China will contribute more than $17.4 Billion to the NSW economy over the ten year period to 2020/21 and be directly responsible for 13,900 jobs.
Tourism Research Australia has recently released its March Quarter 2012 International Visitor Survey (IVS). The IVS obtains its data by conducting the survey with 40,000 departing, short-term international travellers visiting Australia, aged fifteen and over.
The IVS contains around 100 questions regarding their recent visit to Australia. Some of the questions comprised within the survey include number of nights spent within Australia; their reasons for travel to Australia, locations they visited; how their travel arrangements were made; any income they may have earned during their trip as well as their expenditure; their sources of information on travelling to Australia and their impressions on aspects of Australia.
The National Visitor Survey (NVS) is the major source of information about the characteristics and travel patterns of domestic tourists. It measures travel for all reasons, including holiday and leisure travel, business travel and travel to visit friends and relatives. The National Visitor Survey produced quarterly by Tourism Research Australia, indicates that domestic travel within Australia is continuing to increase, with New South Wales at the forefront of this trend.
Figures from the March 2012 statement illustrate that the number of trips undertaken domestically by Australians has increased by five percent since the initial survey in March 2011. Overnight trips and visitor nights have improved statistically while expenditure has risen to a little more than $50 billion a year.
Destination NSW has released its report of the Tourist Accommodation Snapshot for the December quarter of 2011. The report based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Survey of Tourist Accommodation, incorporates figures derived from the accommodation sectors of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland as well as providing a combination of all three states.
For the December quarter, NSW experienced growth in its room occupancy rates with an increase by 0.3% points. While the average room rate (revenue) also increased by 3.5% (to $169.99) points amongst all accommodation establishments (Hotels, motels and serviced apartments with at least 15 rooms). Regardless of the growth in occupancy and average room rate, there was a decline in all establishments in the December quarter which was mainly driven by Serviced Apartments (-2.0%) and Motels (-1.4%).
The National Visitor Survey (NVS) is the major source of information on the characteristics and travel patterns of domestic tourists. It measures travel for all reasons, including holiday and leisure travel, business travel and travel to visit friends and relatives. The National Visitor Survey produced quarterly by Tourism Research Australia, indicates that domestic travel within Australia is continuing to increase, with New South Wales at the forefront of this trend.
Figures from the December 2011 statement illustrate that the number of trips undertaken domestically by Australians has increased by four percent since the previous survey in September. Overnight trips and visitor nights have improved statistically while expenditure has risen to a little more than $10 billion a year.
The long awaited and much anticipated joint Federal and New South Wales Government study into aviation capacity in the Sydney region was released last Friday.
A steering committee comprising experts from the Federal and State Government, business and tourism leaders has delivered a comprehensive assessment that reveals the urgent necessity for improved infrastructure to meet the needs of the New South Wales and Australian economies.
Destination NSW has recently published its first consolidated co-operative marketing prospectus giving NSW tourism and events organisations a comprehensive guide to help deliver business growth.
The free prospectus Co-operative Marketing Opportunities with Destination NSW is designed to provide access to business resources, website listings, product showcases and industry research.
The National Visitor Survey (NVS) is the major source of information on the characteristics and travel patterns of domestic tourists. It measures travel for all reasons, including holiday and leisure travel, business travel and travel to visit friends and relatives.
The figures, released by Tourism Research Australia for the year ending September 30 highlight the importance of the visitor economy with an injection of $4.9 Billion into the NSW Economy, an increase of $301 Million over the previous year.
The Tourism Industry Council NSW has recently provided its submission to the Federal Government Independent Review of Enhanced Cruise Ship Access into Sydney’s Garden Island Naval Dockyard.
With the undeniable growth of cruising at a historic level and trajectory, the Council believes that it is imperative that Sydney is able to capitalise upon this growth and be in a strong position to cater for additional demand over the next decade.
