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

measures employed by some businesses included being a paperless environment and having
mindful purchasing practices. One respondent indicated that they did not consider it wise to
encourage active transport measures such as riding bikes to work due to the congestion and
dangers of road travel.

Figure 29: Environmental practices employed by businesses, by Business Location

100%
                                                                                     Coast (n=76)
 90%                                                                                 Hinterland (n=5)
                                                                                     Suburban (n=10)
 80%
                                                                                     Total Business Respondents (n=92)
 70%

 60%

 50%

 40%

 30%

 20%

 10%

  0%
       Waste recycling (ie Plastic free (ie no Use of renewable          Water       Encouragement of         Other
       cans, glass, plastic, plastic straws, bags energy usage (ie    conservation    active transport
          composting)           or single use      solar, electric)    measures        (such as bikes,
                                   bottles)                                               walking)




Overall desires regarding future visitor numbers

Overall, businesses in Noosa acknowledged the important impact of tourism on their
business and Noosa generally. When questioned about what they would like to see happen
to visitor numbers in the future, 68 percent of all businesses responding indicated that they
would like to see increases (and 18 percent of these indicated significant increases would be
most desirable). There were no significant statistical differences between locations of
businesses, but those more directly impacted by tourism were more likely to want higher
increases (84 percent versus 49 percent for those industries indirectly impacted by tourism).
Only 2 percent of businesses directly impacted by tourism surveyed wanted decreases. The
same statistic for indirectly impacted businesses was 14 percent.




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