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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2003 Week 2 Hansard (6 March) . . Page.. 784 ..

The most current domestic and international figures to come from BTR are for the year ending September 2002. Therefore we are not able to provide data for 2002-03.

1.(b) Income

Since tourism is not a traditional industry, in that, it is composed of several industries, there are few resources that can provide income details for all tourism related activities as a whole. Accommodation takings provide the most accurate indicator, but this is insufficient when considering the tourism industry as a whole. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has attempted to produce an account for the tourism 'industry' called the Tourism Satellite Account, but this has only been conducted at the national level for 2000-01.

As a consequence, data on tourism income, outside of the accommodation sector, is not available and therefore a complete evaluation of income in the tourism industry is not possible.

2. What percentage of visitors in (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above were (a) international visitors, (b) NSW visitors, (c) Victorian visitors and (d) other Australian jurisdiction visitors (excluding NSW and Victoria).

Percentage of overnight and domestic visitors to the ACT by

State /Territory of residence

State/Territory of Residence

2001-2002

Since September 11, 2001 (year ending September 2002)

12 months prior to September 11 2001

To date in 2002-2003

New South Wales

68.5%

73.7%

67.5%

N/A

Victoria

17.4%

10.4%

12.0%

N/A

Rest of Australia

14.1%

15.9%

20.5%

N/A

3. Is there any data to show what were the top ten sites visited by

tourists in (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv).

Accurate figures are not currently available as to the top ten sites visited by tourists. The International Visitors Survey currently examines a select group of attractions and the National Visitors Survey and will adopt this approach in 2003. CTEC is examining the viability of working with the attractions sector in the ACT to facilitate attraction sector door counts and form an attractions barometer which may also help this issue in the future.

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