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

Figure 38: The proportion of residents that agree with negative tourism statements relating
to Noosa

                                                       Total Resident Respondents that agree… (n=300)
100%

 90%

 80%

 70%

 60%

 50%

 40%

 30%

 20%

 10%

  0%
            Tourism can      Tourists, at busy The increase in Tourism leads to      Tourism can       Because of                              Tourism can be Too much public
        sometimes disrupt times, can restrict property values, increases in the    impact on the     tourism the                              associated with money is spent on
         the lives of local local residents     due to Noosas     prices of some    environment    character of the                             some people      developing
        residents and add access to public appeal, makes it       things such as through excessive    region has                                  behaving      facilities for
             to traffic         facilities    more difficult for some goods and     litter and/or      changed                                inappropriately     tourists
           congestion,                         some people to services and/or pollution and/or
        parking difficulties                   live in the area property values damage to natural
          and excessive                                                                  areas
               noise




Figure 39: The average impact on responding residents and the community as a whole with
regard to negative tourism statements
 3.00
        Very Positive Impact
                                                                                                                       Impact on personal life (n=300)

 2.00
                                                                                                                       Impact on community as a whole (n=300)




 1.00




 0.00




-1.00




-2.00


                                                                                                                                                         Very Negative Impact
-3.00
               Tourism can         Tourists, at busy        The increase in       Tourism leads to       Tourism can impact     Because of tourism  Tourism can be     Too much public
        sometimes disrupt the times, can restrict local property val ues, due increases in the prices on the environment the character of the associated with some    money is spent on
        lives of local residents residents access to      to Noosas appeal, of some t hings such as through excessive          region has changed  people behaving   developing facilities
           and add to traffic      public facilities   makes it more difficult   some goods and       litter and/or pol lution                     inappropriately       for tourists
          congestion, parking                          for some people to live   services and/or         and/or damage to
            difficulties and                                  in the area        property val ues          natural areas
            excessive noise




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