DTS Commentary

Last updated: April 2009

Year End December 2008

Overnight Trips - For the year ended December 2008, the number of overnight trips increased by 1.1% (168,000) to 15.1 million trips, while the number of visitor nights increased by 0.4% (or 193,000) to 44.5 million. On average, overnight visitors stayed 3.0 nights away from home.

Day Trips - The number of day trips increased by 3.6% (or 990,000) to 28.3 million for the year ended December 2008.

Expenditure - Overall, domestic tourism expenditure increased by 6.2% (or $471 million) to $8.06 billion for the year ended December 2008. Overnight trip expenditure was up 2.0% (or $100 million) to $5.14 billion while day trip expenditure was up 14.5% (or $371 million) to $2.92 billion.

Average spend per day trip $103
Average spend per overnight trip $341
Average spend per night $116

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