2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Attachment 1 to Item 8 AEC Noosa Economic Profile Final Report

Noosa Economic Profile
Final


7.2       Expenditure
           Table 7.1 shows tourism is one of the Shire’s key sectors with an estimated visitor spend
            of $601.2 million for the year ending September 2014 (TRA 2015c).
           Table 7.2 shows the largest expenditures for domestic tourism is in
            shopping/gifts/souvenirs for domestic day trips and accommodation for domestic
            overnight tourism, with expenditure of $23.3 million (27% of total expenditure) and
            $98.2 million (24% of expenditure) respectively (TRA 2015c).

          Table 7.1: Estimated Noosa LGA Visitor Expenditure (Year Ending September 214)
                                                                                                            Estimated
                                                                  Visitors -            Average           Noosa Shire
                                                                Year Ending               Visitor          LGA Visitor
                                                                 September           Expenditure          Expenditure
            Visitor Type                                               2014                   ($)                ($M)
           Sunshine Coast Domestic Overnight                          661,000               $618.73             $409.0
           Sunshine Coast Domestic Day Trip                           867,000               $100.39              $87.0
           Sunshine Coast International Overnight                     122,014               $862.00             $105.2
           Total                                                  1,650,014               $364.36               $601.2
          Note: Expenditure totals derived from average visitor expenditure within the Sunshine Coast Region.
          Source: TRA (2015c)


          Table 7.2: Noosa LGA Domestic Tourism Expenditure by Category ($M)
                                                                                Domestic         Domestic
           Expenditure Category
                                                                                 Day Trip        Overnight
           Domestic Airfares                                                           $2.5            $59.1
           Package Tours                                                               $0.1            $13.8
           Organised Tours                                                             $0.2             $3.2
           Rental vehicles                                                             $0.3             $8.2
           Petrol                                                                     $22.9            $43.8
           Vehicle Maintenance/ Repairs                                                $0.6             $1.5
           Taxi                                                                        $0.4             $6.6
           Other Local Public Transport                                                $0.7             $2.1
           Long Distance Public Transport                                              $0.3             $2.0
           Accommodation                                                               $0.0            $98.2
           Groceries for Self-Catering                                                 $5.6            $25.7
           Alcohol, Drinks (not already reported)                                      $4.6            $24.5
           Takeaways and Restaurant Meals                                             $16.9            $61.4
           Shopping/ Gifts/ Souvenirs                                                 $23.3            $33.2
           Entertainment                                                               $3.8            $12.6
           Gambling                                                                    $0.4             $1.9
           Education Fees                                                              $0.0             $1.1
           Convention/ Conference/ Seminar/ Trade fair                                 $0.0             $2.5
           Other Expenditure                                                           $4.4             $7.5
           Total                                                                     $86.7          $409.0
          Source: TRA (2015c)




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