Stats: International Visitors in the Whitsundays - June 2014

There has been a small rise in international visitors to the Whitsundays for the year ending June according to the latest Tourism Research Australia report.
However, the Whitsundays has dropped from 14th in 2013 to 18th most popular destination in Australia for international visitors.

International Visitors to Australia - Top 20 Destinations

Year Ending June 2014

						Visitors ('000) b	% of Visitors	Visitor Nights ('000)	% of Visitor Nights c	Regional Expenditure ($m)	% of Regional Expenditure c	Average Regional Expenditure per visitor	Average Regional expenditure per visitor per night	Average expenditure per visitor per night (Commercial Accomm)
Region
1	Sydney					2 912	47.4	62 442	28.9	6 178	31.3	2 122	99	124
2	Melbourne					1 942	31.6	41 474	19.2	4 517	22.9	2 326	109	133
3	Experience Perth					749	12.2	21 088	9.8	1 895	9.6	2 529	90	109
4	Brisbane					967	15.7	20 106	9.3	1 515	7.7	1 566	75	88
5	Gold Coast					810	13.2	8 563	4.0	969	4.9	1 196	113	143
6	Adelaide					352	5.7	7 820	3.6	611	3.1	1 736	78	99
7	Tropical North Queensland					689	11.2	6 175	2.9	844	4.3	1 225	137	155
8	Canberra					181	2.9	4 202	1.9	353	1.8	1 953	84	96
9	North Coast NSW					266	4.3	2 926	1.4	156	0.8	588	53	62
10	Sunshine Coast					231	3.8	2 687	1.2	215	1.1	931	80	102
11	Darwin					126	2.1	2 644	1.2	146	0.7	1 156	55	63
12	Hunter					143	2.3	2 636	1.2	167	0.8	1 166	63	84
13	Australia's North West					68	1.1	2 314	1.1	108	0.5	1 585	47	59
14	South Coast					111	1.8	2 084	1.0	143	0.7	1 295	69	90
15	Australia's South West					127	2.1	1 743	0.8	140	0.7	1 099	80	103
16	Darling Downs					48	0.8	1 595	0.7	61	0.3	1 264	38	51
17	Hobart and the South					137	2.2	1 588	0.7	131	0.7	951	82	99
18	Whitsundays					189	3.1	1 342	0.6	127	0.6	674	95	109
19	Central Queensland					101	1.6	1 296	0.6	45	0.2	450	35	42
20	Northern					96	1.6	1 213	0.6	78	0.4	809	64	75
	Other regions					1 241	20.2	20 064	9.3	1 335	6.8	1 075	67	94
	Total					6 147	100.0	216 001	100.0	19 733	100.0	3 210	91	115

Comparison between Years ending June 2014 and June 2013

						Visitors ('000) b		Visitor Nights ('000)		Regional Expenditure ($m)		Average Regional Expenditure per visitor	Average Regional expenditure per visitor per night	Average expenditure per visitor per night (Commercial Accomm)
2014	Whitsundays					189		1 342		127		674	95	109
2013	Whitsundays					181		1 289		122		672	95	99

Source: Tourism Research Australia -
Full Report for June 2014 here
Full Report for June 2013 here