1362.6 - Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2005  
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According to Tourism Tasmania's Tasmanian Visitor Survey, an estimated 652,200 visitors arrived by scheduled airline flights and Bass Strait ferries in 2002-03. Of these, 527,800 (80.9%) visited Greater Hobart, while 71.1% stayed at least one night in the region. Some 43.3% of scheduled air or sea visitors stayed at least one night in the Greater Launceston region.


VISITORS TO TASMANIA, Tourism region visitors - 2002-03(a)(b)(c)

Stayed one night or more
Total visitors



Tourism region(d)

'000

%

'000

%

Greater Hobart
463.9
71.1
527.8
80.9
Southern
134.3
20.6
350.3
53.7
East Coast
220.2
33.8
279.7
42.9
West Coast
180.3
27.6
205.8
31.6
Northern
90.7
13.9
342.5
52.5
Greater Launceston
282.6
43.3
396.9
60.9
North West
221.5
34.0
340.9
52.3
Region not stated
44.0
6.7
6.4
1.0

Total visitors to Tasmania

652.2

100.0

652.2

100.0

(a) These data are calculated from a sample survey. Results are subject to sampling error.
(b) Visitors to Tasmania who travelled by scheduled air and sea services. Does not include navy or cruise visitors, or charter flights.
(c) Sums of regions do not add to the total for Tasmania, because visitors can travel to more than one region, and stay for different lengths of time in each.
(d) Refer to Map of Tasmanian Tourism Regions.

Source: Tourism Tasmania - Tasmanian Visitor Survey..




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