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

Figure 9: The number of visits to Noosa in the last 12 months, by Visitors’ age group

 70%

                                                                                                      Up to 30 (n=70)
 60%                                                                                                  30-45 (n=37)
                                                                                                      45-60 (n=35)

 50%                                                                                                  60+ (n=21)
                                                                                                      Total Visitor Respondents (n=163)

 40%



 30%



 20%



 10%



  0%
                     First time                    1-3 times                            3-10 times                  More than 10 times


Of those people staying overnight or longer in Noosa on their trip, the accommodation
utilised by the highest proportion of respondents was hotel/motel/resort (43 percent). A
number of other means, such as Air BnB, youth hostels and caravans were also mentioned
(each of these accounting for 10 percent or less of respondents). There were statistical
differences between accommodation type and age group, with people under 45 years of age
indicating more of a variety of accommodation types than people over 45 years of age.

Figure 10: Accommodation Type utilised by Visitors in Noosa (n=164)

 50%

 45%

 40%

 35%

 30%

 25%

 20%

 15%

 10%

  5%

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