2017-04-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   11 APRIL 2017




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                         11 APRIL 2017

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                  Noosa Sub-region
                  Tourism Research Australia produced similar statistics at the Noosa Shire level for the
                  calendar year 2014 (latest available) and these are summarised in Table 2.2.
                  Table 2.2: Total Visitors to the Noosa Shire, 2014 (calendar year)
                                                                        Average                      Average
                                                              Visitor  Length of                    Spend per
                                               Visitors       Nights       Stay   Expenditure           Night
                  Visitor Type                    (‘000)       (1000)   (Nights)          ($m)            ($)
                   Domestic Overnight              656         2,750        4.2           $509           $185
                   International Overnight          116          793        6.8            $69            $87
                   Total                           772         3,543        4.6           $578           $163

                   Domestic Daytrippers            885             ji         si           $88    $99 (per trip)
                  Source: Tourism Research Australia, 2014 Noosa Visitor Profile.
                  Noosa accounts for about 23% of visitors to the Sunshine Coast region and a slightly higher
                  proportion of its visitor nights, with its visitors also showing a higher average spend per
                  night.  Noosa’s domestic visitors stay longer than the Sunshine Coast average, but
                  international visitors’ average stay is considerably shorter.
                  Published accommodation use data for Noosa Shire is generated by the International Visitor
                  Survey and National Visitor Survey for the year to December 2014 (latest available), but
                  based on total visitor nights rather than visitor numbers. While not readily comparable with
                 the Sunshine Coast tourism accommodation use, which is reported by visitor numbers, it
                  does provide some indication of the mix of accommodation used:
                     e   36.9% of visitor nights were spent in “Other”? accommodation, including rented
                         property, own property, guest house/B&B;

                     e   29.6% of visitor nights were spent in hotel, motel or similar accommodation;

                     e   23.2% of nights were spent in homes of friends or relatives;

                     e   5.7% of nights were spent in commercial caravan or camping sites; and

                     e   4.5% of nights were spent in backpacker/hostel accommodation.

                  2.3.    Noosa Region Visitor Accommodation
                 Table 2.3 provides a broad overview of the current stock of visitor accommodation within
                  most of Noosa by geographical area. Figure 2.1 shows the distribution of this stock.

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                  Noosa North Shore Needs Assessment
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                  11 November 2016

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