Tasmania's National Parks and Reserves are popular destinations for visitors. Of the estimated 652,200 visitors who arrived by scheduled airline flights and Bass Strait ferries in 2002-03, approximately 150,200 people (23.0%) visited Freycinet National Park, 77,800 (11.9%) visited Russell Falls/Mt Field National Park and 44,200 (6.8%) visited Fortescue Bay/Tasman National Park. These destinations were also popular in previous years.
ALL VISITORS(a), Selected National Parks and reserves visited
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| 2000-01 | 2001-02 | | 2002-03
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Selected national parks and reserves | '000 | '000 | | '000 | % of all visitors |
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Freycinet National Park | 121.6 | 114.3 | | 150.2 | 23.0 |
Russell Falls/Mt Field National Park | 76.1 | 69.6 | | 77.8 | 11.9 |
Fortescue Bay/Tasman National Park | 42.9 | 35.7 | | 44.2 | 6.8 |
Bay of Fires | 22.5 | 27.6 | | 41.9 | 6.4 |
Mole Creek Caves - Marakoopa/King Solomons Caves | 33.2 | 38.2 | | 40.0 | 6.1 |
Central Plateau/Great Lake | 37.7 | 34.4 | | 30.7 | 4.7 |
Liffey Falls | 20.9 | 20.2 | | 28.7 | 4.4 |
Hastings Caves | 26.5 | 23.2 | | 26.8 | 4.1 |
Dip Falls/Big Tree | 18.1 | 22.1 | | 26.4 | 4.0 |
Wielangta Forest Drive | 17.8 | 18.2 | | 21.3 | 3.3 |
Douglas-Apsley National Park | 23.2 | 19.6 | | 20.0 | 3.1 |
Arthur River(b) | na | na | | 19.2 | 2.9 |
Pieman River/Corinna | 12.1 | 10.7 | | 16.9 | 2.6 |
Mt William National Park | 12.1 | 13.9 | | 14.5 | 2.2 |
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(a) Includes visitors who arrived on scheduled airline flights and Bass Strait ferries only.
(b) Number of visitors to Arthur River not collected prior to July 2002.
Source:Tourism Tasmania - Tasmanian Visitor Survey. |
The Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service web site has further information about Tasmania's National Parks and Reserves.