Sources: International & National Visitor Surveys, December 2018. State Tourism Satellite Accounts, June 2017.

Tourism in the ACT YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 2018

HOW MANY CAME TO VISIT?

252 THOUSAND INTERNATIONAL OVERNIGHT VISITORS

2.7 MILLION DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT VISITORS

2.2 MILLION DOMESTIC DAY VISITORS

HOW LONG DID THEY STAY?

5.8 MILLION INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NIGHTS

7.3 MILLION DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT VISITOR NIGHTS

VISITOR NIGHTS

13.17 MILLION

WHAT DID THEY SPEND?

WHAT DID THEY SPEND?

$686 MILLION INTERNATIONAL EXPENDITURE

$1.81 BILLION DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT EXPENDITURE

$341 MILLION DOMESTIC DAY EXPENDITURE

$117.51 INTERNATIONAL SPEND PER NIGHT

$246.83 DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT SPEND PER NIGHT

$153.81 DOMESTIC DAY SPEND PER TRIP

TOTAL ALL EXPENDITURE $2.84 BILLION

AVERAGE SPEND PER TRIP

WHAT’S IT ALL WORTH?

16,800 JOBS TOTAL TOURISM EMPLOYMENT

CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACT ECONOMY

$2.26 BILLION

2.9%

-0.3%

13.8%

24.7%

15.0%

10.0%

11.8%

4.0%

4.8%

8.6%

7.4%

8.0%

12.7%

10.2%

3.8%

7.2%

PAST YEAR

GROWTH

PAST YEAR

GROWTH

PAST YEAR

GROWTH

AUSTRALIA WIDE

GROWTH

AUSTRALIA WIDE

GROWTH

AUSTRALIA WIDE

GROWTH

VISITORS TO THE ACT

5.21 MILLION

Sources: International & National Visitor Surveys, December 2018. * Low base size.

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? Our top local and international markets

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS PAST YEAR

CHINA 19% 4.5%

UNITED KINGDOM 9% 2.1%

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 8% 17.2%

NEW ZEALAND 7% 16.5%

INDIA 6% 24.9%

GERMANY 5% 34.5%

CANADA 3% 40.8%

SINGAPORE 3% 2.1%

INDONESIA 3% 26.8%

TAIWAN 3% 79.5%

DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT VISITORS

NSW 68%

VIC 14%

QLD 8%

SA 2%

WA 2%*

TAS 1%*

NT 1%*

ACT 0%*

DOMESTIC DAY VISITORS

NSW 81%

VIC 1%

QLD 1%

ACT 17%

DOMESTIC DAY

VISITORS

48% Holiday 40.5%

21% VFR 8.2%

20% Business 10.4%

11% Other 13.4%

DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT

VISITORS

28% Holiday 7.9%

34% VFR 2.0%

32% Business 7.5%

6% Other 10.5%

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS

46% Holiday 1.4%

31% VFR 11.0%

11% Business 2.2%

9% Education 11.1%2%

Employment 18.9%

WHY ARE THEY COMING?