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TOURIST ACCOMMODATION AS AT JUNE QUARTER
Between June quarter 2001 and June quarter 2002, the number of rooms available in Queensland for short-term accommodation in licensed hotels, motels, guest houses and serviced apartments with 15 or more rooms or units, increased 1% to 52,827 and bed spaces increased 0.2% to 162,903. In the quarter ending June 2002, licensed hotels with facilities had 20,806 rooms or units, motel and guest houses had 18,433 and serviced apartments had 13,588.
TOURIST ACCOMMODATION, QUEENSLAND, YEAR ENDED JUNE
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| Unit | Year ended
June 2001 | Year ended
June 2002 | Percentage change
2001 to 2002 |
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LICENSED HOTELS WITH FACILITIES |
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Establishments | no. | 167 | 170 | 1.8 |
Guest rooms | no. | 20,516 | 20,806 | 1.4 |
Bed spaces | no. | 62,247 | 62,660 | 0.7 |
Room occupancy rates | % | 62.7 | 61.1 | .. |
Bed occupancy rates | % | 38.5 | 37.8 | .. |
Takings from accommodation | $'000 | 622,633 | 622,359 | -0.04 |
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MOTELS AND GUEST HOUSES WITH FACILITIES |
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Establishments | no. | 513 | 513 | 0.0 |
Guest rooms | no. | 18,343 | 18,433 | 0.5 |
Bed spaces | no. | 54,328 | 53,830 | -0.9 |
Room occupancy rates | % | 55.6 | 57.0 | .. |
Bed occupancy rates | % | 33.0 | 34.5 | .. |
Takings from accommodation | $'000 | 299,023 | 311,721 | 4.2 |
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SERVICED APARTMENTS |
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Establishments | no. | 274 | 286 | 4.4 |
Guest rooms | no. | 13,420 | 13,588 | 1.3 |
Bed spaces | no. | 46,028 | 46,413 | 0.8 |
Room occupancy rates | % | 57.6 | 62.3 | .. |
Bed occupancy rates | % | 41.4 | 44.4 | .. |
Takings from accommodation | $'000 | 287,322 | 320,806 | 11.7 |
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Source: Tourist Accommodation, June Quarter 2002 (cat. no. 8635.3.40.001)
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In June quarter 2002, 26.8% of the rooms available for short term accommodation in Australia in licensed hotels, motels, guest houses and serviced apartments, with 15 or more rooms or units, were located in Queensland.
CAPACITY OF LICENSED HOTELS, MOTELS, GUEST HOUSES AND SERVICED APARTMENTS, STATE AND TERRITORY - JUNE QUARTER 2002
State/Territory | Number of rooms | Proportion of total |
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New South Wales | 64,072 | 32.5 |
Victoria | 32,894 | 16.7 |
Queensland | 52,827 | 26.8 |
South Australia | 10,955 | 5.6 |
Western Australia | 19,081 | 9.7 |
Tasmania | 5,557 | 2.8 |
Northern Territory | 6,297 | 3.2 |
Australian Capital Territory | 5,171 | 2.6 |
Australia | 196,854 | 100.0 |
Source: Tourist Accommodation, June Quarter (cat. no. 8635.0) |
HOTELS, MOTELS, GUEST HOUSES AND SERVICED APARTMENTS: REGIONAL INFORMATION
Of the total number of Queensland hotel, motel, guest house and serviced apartment rooms available for short-term accommodation in June quarter 2002, 24.7% of guest rooms were located in the Gold Coast Tourism Region, 19.6% in the Tropical North Tourism Region and 18.4% in the Brisbane Tourism Region.
Queensland's room occupancy rate increased from 58.9% for the year ended June 2001 to 60.0% for the year ended June 2002. The Tourism Regions of Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Tropical North Queensland recorded the highest occupancy rates in Queensland for year ended June 2002, with 66.6%, 64.7% and 58.8% occupancy levels respectively.
Takings from accommodation in Queensland increased 3.8% from the previous year, to $1,255 million for the year ended June 2002. The Sunshine Coast, Bundaberg and Darling Downs Tourism Regions all had large increases in takings between year ended June 2002 and the previous year, with 16.9%, 13.3% and 9.5% increases respectively.
HOTELS, MOTELS, GUEST HOUSES AND SERVICED APARTMENTS BY TOURISM REGIONS, QUEENSLAND
Region | Year Ended
June 2001 | Year Ended
June 2002 | Percentage Change
2001 to 2002 |
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TOTAL GUEST ROOMS OR UNITS (no.) |
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Gold Coast | 13,184 | 13,028 | -1.2 |
Brisbane | 9,734 | 9,719 | -0.2 |
Sunshine Coast | 4,501 | 4,670 | 3.8 |
Hervey Bay/Maryborough | 1,571 | 1,601 | 1.9 |
Darling Downs | 1,634 | 1,606 | -1.7 |
Bundaberg | 620 | 685 | 10.5 |
Fitzroy | 3,187 | 3,166 | -0.7 |
Mackay | 1,764 | 1,647 | -6.6 |
Whitsundays | 2,321 | 2,625 | 13.1 |
Northern | 2,206 | 2,216 | 0.5 |
Tropical North Queensland | 10,133 | 10,368 | 2.3 |
Outback | 1,424 | 1,496 | 5.1 |
Great Barrier Reef(a) | 2,468 | 2,702 | 9.5 |
Queensland | 52,279 | 52,827 | 1.0 |
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ROOM OCCUPANCY RATE (%) |
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Gold Coast | 62.8 | 64.7 | .. |
Brisbane | 64.1 | 66.6 | .. |
Sunshine Coast | 50.4 | 56.4 | .. |
Hervey Bay/Maryborough | 45.7 | 47.6 | .. |
Darling Downs | 49.9 | 53.8 | .. |
Bundaberg | 52.6 | 54.2 | .. |
Fitzroy | 55.3 | 57.3 | .. |
Mackay | 54.0 | 55.2 | .. |
Whitsundays | 56.8 | 49.8 | .. |
Northern | 59.2 | 58.1 | .. |
Tropical North Queensland | 60.1 | 58.8 | .. |
Outback | 49.4 | 48.3 | .. |
Great Barrier Reef(a) | 59.0 | 52.4 | .. |
Queensland | 58.9 | 60.0 | .. |
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TAKINGS FROM ACCOMMODATION ($'000) |
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Gold Coast | 325,299 | 334,654 | 2.9 |
Brisbane | 233,758 | 247,588 | 5.9 |
Sunshine Coast | 99,130 | 115,885 | 16.9 |
Hervey Bay/Maryborough | 21,343 | 21,364 | 0.1 |
Darling Downs | 22,055 | 24,140 | 9.5 |
Bundaberg | 9,568 | 10,845 | 13.3 |
Fitzroy | 54,717 | 56,023 | 2.4 |
Mackay | 25,650 | 26,829 | 4.6 |
Whitsundays | 84,278 | 83,831 | -0.5 |
Northern | 41,995 | 41,796 | -0.5 |
Tropical North Queensland | 273,101 | 272,705 | -0.1 |
Outback | 18,083 | 19,227 | 6.3 |
Great Barrier Reef(a) | 112,855 | 112,205 | -0.6 |
Queensland | 1,208,978 | 1,254,886 | 3.8 |
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(a) Great Barrier Reef Tourism Region data are not included in Queensland totals because the establishments in this region are included in the figures for other tourism regions.
Source: Tourist Accommodation, Australia (cat. no. 8635.0).
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