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Tourism encompasses all short-term travel away from the normal place of work and residence, including that undertaken for business and pleasure. It includes both domestic and international travel and involves the consumption of a wide range of goods and services provided by, for example:

• accommodation establishments

• transport and tour operators

• museums and historic sites

• restaurants

• travel agents

• souvenir retailers

SUMMARY TOURISM STATISTICS
	Units	Period	Tas.
Visitor arrivals
Total number	'000	2002-03	703.1
Origin of visitors(a)
Australia	% of all visitors	2002-03	83.3
Overseas	% of all visitors	2002-03	16.7
Total(b)	% of all visitors	2002-03	100.0
Purpose of visit(a)
Leisure/holiday	% of all visitors	2002-03	52.6
Visit friend/relatives	% of all visitors	2002-03	22.6
Other	% of all visitors	2002-03	24.8
Total	% of all visitors	2002-03	100.0
Expenditure(a)
Travel expenditure in Tasmania	$ million	2002-03	945.3
Per visitor	$	2002-03	1,449
Length of stay(a)
Average stay per visit	no. of nights	2002-03	9.9
Accommodation capacity(c)
Establishments	no.	December Quarter 2003	143
Rooms	no.	December Quarter 2003	6,030
Bed spaces	no.	December Quarter 2003	17,837
Accommodation room occupancy rates(c)
Total	% of all rooms	2003	56.4
(a) Relates to visitors who arrived on scheduled airline flights and Bass Strait ferries only. (b) Estimates have been rounded and minor discrepancies may occur between sums of component items and totals. (c) Includes hotels, motels, guest houses and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms or units. Source: Tourism Tasmania - Tasmanian Visitor Survey; Tourist Accommodation, Small Area Data, Tasmania - Electronic Delivery (cat. no. 8635.6.55.001).