MCU10/2083 Development Application part 2 - Attachment 4 - Economic Impact and Need Assessment

           Appendix A

           VISITOR MARKET

           Visitor accommodation

           Since the March quarter 2005, hotels, motels, guest houses and serviced
           apartments surveyed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has included
           establishments with five or more rooms. Similarly, holiday flats, units and
           houses include letting entities (owners, managers or real estate agencies) with
           five or more units available.
           Table A.1 summarises the commercial accommodation available in the Noosa-
           Noosaville area and Sunshine Coast tourism regions. In the year ending March
           quarter 2010, Noosa-Noosaville accounted for:
                 •    27% of all room stock and 29% of all room nights spent in the
                      Sunshine Coast region, with an annual average occupancy slightly
                      higher than the Sunshine Coast (59.7% and 57.4% respectively);
                 •    A longer average length of stay (3.6 days) compared to the Sunshine
                      Coast (3.3 days);
                 •    38% of all holiday unit stock and 38% of all unit nights spent in the
                      Sunshine Coast region;
                 •    A similar unit occupancy rate (58.0% versus 58.4%) and a similar
                      average length of stay (2.7 days in Noosa-Noosaville and 2.6 days in
                      the Sunshine Coast region).

       Table A.1: Visitor commercial accommodation, year ending March 2010, Noosa-
                  Noosaville and the Sunshine Coast tourism region

                                                        Type of Commercial Accommodation
                                                 Hotels, motels, guest houses and serviced apartments
                                    Establishments     Room Stocks      Room Nights        Room Occ     Avg length of
   Area                                      (No.)           (No.)        Occ (No.)             (%)       stay (days)
   Noosa-Noosaville                              34            1,499         326,733            59.7             3.6
   Sunshine Coast                              122             5,457       1,143,908            57.4             3.3
                                                             Holiday flats, units and houses
                                    Letting entities    Unit Stocks       Unit Nights   Unit Occ (%)    Avg length of
                                              (No.)           (No.)        Occ (No.)                      stay (days)
   Noosa-Noosaville                              38            1,699         359,496            58.0             2.7
   Sunshine Coast                              105             4,431         944,233            58.4             2.6
           Source:ABS Tourist Acommodation, Small Area Data, Queensland.

           Figure A.1 shows the seasonality of hotel room occupancy rates for
           establishments with 15 or more rooms, over the past four years.


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