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National Visitor Survey

Name of Collection
National Visitor Survey

Contact
Bureau of Tourism Research
Statistical Inquiries
GPO Box 1545
CANBERRA ACT 2601

Telephone: Canberra 02 6213 7124
Facsimile: Canberra 02 6213 6983
Email: bureau.tourism.research@dist.gov.au
Internet: http://www.btre.gov.au/index.aspx

Purpose
To provide estimates of the volume and nature of travel by domestic travellers and information about the characteristics and behaviour of domestic travellers.

Description
Data are collected by computer assisted telephone interviews of Australians aged 15 years and over. Interviews are conducted continuously throughout the year, on both weekdays and weekends. Respondents are interviewed regarding their recent overnight trips, day trips and outbound trips they have taken, consistent with the international framework for the collection of tourism statistics. Approximately 80,000 interviews are conducted annually.

Data Detail
Data are collected on the following topics, which are cross-classified by trips, visits, visitor nights, main destination, all places visited and origins for each type of trip:

• Main purpose of trip and visit;
• Type of transport used;
• Type of accommodation used;
• Length of trip;
• Seasonality of trip;
• Age and sex of travellers;
• Travel party type and size;
• Leisure activities;
• Itemised expenditure;
• Lifecycle;
• Employment status and household income; and
• Olympics intentions.