2021-06-08 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                              8 JUNE 2021


Table 1: Go Noosa Initiatives, Insights and Data Summary
                      Comparative Analysis
 Initiative Summary                               2020/21 Data                         2019/2020 Data                        2018/2019 Data
                      & Insights
 COVID-19 IMPACTS     Noosa accommodation         Christmas 20/21 – COVID 19           Christmas 19/20 – COVID not a         Christmas 18/19 No COVID
                      occupancy in January                                             global impact.
                      & April 2021 was on          State & International border
                      par with pre-COVID            restrictions                       The visitation figures from Tourism
                      2019 occupancy.              Northern Beaches, NSW              Research Australia for the
                                                    COVID lockdown (19 Dec – 10        December quarter 2020 (the latest
                      Visitation (overnight         Jan)                               data available) show that overnight
                      and day trip visitors) in
                                                                                       visitors were down -26% on the
                      December 2020 was
                                                                                       December quarter 2019, and day
                      down approximately
                                                                                       trip numbers were down -23% in
                      20% in comparison to
                                                                                       the same time.
                      2019. January data is
                      not available. Visitation
                      in April 2021 was 200%
                      up on 2020 figures.
                                                  Noosa accommodation                  Noosa accommodation          73%      Noosa accommodation        71%
                                                  occupancy Jan 2021             70%   occupancy Jan 2020                    occupancy Jan 2019
                                                  Data source: Tourism                 Data source: Tourism                  Data source: Tourism
                                                  Research Australia.                  Research Australia.                   Research Australia.

                                                  Easter 2021 – COVID State &          Easter 2020 - COVID                   Easter 2019 - No COVID
                                                  international border restrictions    Lockdown.
                                                     Go Noosa Easter coincided        Noosa accommodation                   Noosa accommodation
                                                      with the end of a 3-day snap     occupancy in April 2020:              occupancy April 2019
                                                                                                                    24%                                 67%
                                                      COVID lockdown in the greater
                                                                                       Data source: Tourism                  Data source: Tourism
                                                      Brisbane.
                                                                                       Research Australia.                   Research Australia.
                                                     Mandatory wearing of masks in
                                                      public in all of Queensland
                                                      including on public transport.
                                                  Noosa accommodation
                                                  Occupancy in April 2021
                                                                                 68%
                                                  Data source: Tourism
                                                  Research Australia.




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