2020-01-13 GC Agenda - Item 10 - Attachment 2 - The Value of Tourism to the Noosa Community October 2019 FINAL REPORT

    •    Close to beach (50 percent)
    •    Close to shops/attractions (15 percent)
    •    Free parking that is timed (12 percent)
    •    Maintaining an area’s natural appeal (9 percent)
    •    More disabled provision (2 percent)
    •    Clear signposting (1 percent).

Figure 4: Respondents’ views regarding whether Noosa needs more carparks, by Visitors’
residential address (yes=more car parks needed)
  100%
             Elsewhere on Sunshine Coast (n=26)
  90%        Other part of South East Queensland (n=27)
             Other Queensland (n=9)
  80%
             Interstate (n=43)
             International (n=50)
  70%
             Overall % (n=155)

  60%


  50%


  40%


  30%


  20%

  10%


   0%
                                  Yes                          No




Figure 5: Respondents’ views regarding whether Noosa needs more carparks, by type of
visitor (yes=more car parks needed)
  80%
             Day visitor (n=47)
  70%        Overnight only (n=18)

             More than one night (n=90)
  60%
             Overall % (n=155)


  50%


  40%


  30%


  20%


  10%


   0%
                                  Yes                          No




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