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                2. Visitor Accommodation in Noosa
                Chart 2.3 show that the average occupancy rate over a full year is                                                  Currently there are 1,579 rooms available which is only 44 more than
                currently slightly less than 60% of available nights, ranging from a low                                            the number of rooms available in March 2005.
                of around 40% to a high of almost 75%.                                                                              Significantly, the number of bed spaces available is now equivalent to
                One of the main reasons why room nights occupied and the overall                                                    5,174 which is almost 400 fewer than were available in March 2005.
                occupancy rate is declining is because the average length of stay of                                                C
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                visitors is reducing marginally over time, as shown in Chart 2.4.                                                   available throughout the entire Sunshine Coast, Charts 2.8 and 2.9
                Finally, relative to the Sunshine Coast as a whole, holiday flats, units                                            demonstrate that Noosa’s market share of rooms and bed spaces is
                and houses in Noosa currently represent approximately 37.5% of stock                                                declining marginally, as the appeal of other Sunshine Coast
                throughout the Sunshine Coast and this has tended to range from                                                     destinations (e.g. Mooloolaba) improve.
                around 3737.0%
                            0% - 39.0%
                                  39 0% (see Chart 2
                                                   2.5).
                                                     5)                                                                             As was the case with holiday flats
                                                                                                                                                                 flats, units and houses
                                                                                                                                                                                  houses, the number of
                                                                                                                                    room nights occupied and the overall occupancy rate for hotels, motels
Noosa's Total Holiday Flats, Units and Houses as % of Sunshine Coast                                                    Chart 2.5   and serviced apartments in Noosa has been flat at best over the past 6
                                                                                                                                    years or so (see Charts 2.10 – 2.12).
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     39.0%                                                                                                                          As shown in Chart 2.11 Noosa’s occupancy rate fluctuates between
     38.5%
     38.0%
                                                                                                                                    around 45% - 72% of room nights available, averaging approximately
     37.5%                                                                                                                          57% at the present time. This occupancy rate has declined from the
     37.0%                                                                                                                          high of around 62% in January 2006, again partly due to a reduction in
     36.5%
     36.0%
                                                                                                                                    the average length of stay (see Chart 2.12).
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     35.0%
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Source : ABS, Tourist Accommodation, Small Area Data, Queensland, 8635.3.55.001, Mar 2005 - Mar 2010 ; Urbis




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                2.2.2 Hotels, Motels and Service Apartments
                Charts 2.6 – 2.13 encapsulate the key trends relating to visitor
                accommodation in hotels, motels and serviced apartments.
                As shown in Charts 2.6 and 2.7, there has been some rationalisation in
                the number of rooms and the number of bed spaces available
                throughout Noosa in the period since September 2007, following a
                significant increase in supply around that time.

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