Page 2881 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 17 September 2014
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(ii) national visitor nights are up one percent, ACT visitor nights are down 12 percent; and
(iii) national total trip expenditure is up seven percent, ACT trip expenditure is down six percent;
(b) March 2014 results of the National Visitor Survey, which showed that:
(i) national overnight trips were up four percent, ACT overnight trips were down three percent;
(ii) national visitor nights were up one percent, ACT visitor nights were down 17 percent; and
(iii) national expenditure was up four percent, ACT expenditure was down eight percent;
(c) results of the International and National Visitor Surveys reflect a spike in visitor activity during the Centenary year which resulted in higher rates of growth in 2013 than in previous years. While growth in some visitor indicators has declined in 2014, when considered in context over a number of years, there continues to be substantial growth in visitor numbers and visitor expenditure in the ACT;
(d) International Visitor Survey results included a number of clearly positive results such as an eight percent increase in holiday visitor numbers and a seven percent increase in the number of people visiting friends and relatives, demonstrating growth in the important leisure sector. Similar results can be seen in the National Visitor Survey with an 8.6 percent increase in holiday visitor numbers; and
(e) ACT will host in 2015:
(i) fixtures in the Asian Cup and Cricket World Cup, the Southern Hemisphere’s two biggest sporting events;
(ii) the extended James Turrell exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, as the ACT Government, through Visit Canberra, continues to work closely with the national cultural institutions to bring crowds to Canberra for blockbuster exhibitions; and
(iii) local and international visitors coming to the Australian War Memorial which was recently rated as Australia’s top landmark attraction, as part of the centenary of ANZAC;
(2) notes that the ACT Government continues to engage innovative techniques to meet the targets of the Tourism 2020 strategy, including the next phase of the award-winning Human Brochure campaign with the 101 Local Humans campaign; and
(3) notes that Commonwealth Government cuts to public service travel and domestic tourism marketing through Tourism Australia have had a direct negative impact on the number of overnight visitors to the ACT.”.
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