Interstate Visits by Queenslanders

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    NAME OF ORGANISATION
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

    OVERVIEW
    The Queensland State Supplementary survey was at the request of the Queensland Treasury and the Queensland Tourist and Travel Corporation to collect information on both overseas and interstate visits to Queensland, ond on interstate visits by Queenslanders.

    PURPOSE
    The major use of the information collected will be to assist the Queensland Government in estimating the contribution of tourism to the State and its regions. Currently no accurate data are available on visitor nights spent by overseas or interstate visitors in Queensland households by region.

    The Queensland Treasury will use the data to enhance their ability to monitor and to develop policies in relation to tourism within the state.

    SCOPE
    Usual residents of private dwellings and caravans in the private dwelling sample are in scope. Other Monthly Population Survey scope and coverage rules apply.

    DATA DETAIL

    Conceptual framework
    Information to be collected for each household in the private dwelling sample from one responsible adult aged 15 years and over.

    The principal data items are:
    Overseas and interstate visitors

    • Month of visit
    • Number of visitors (overseas and individual States)
    • Number of nights stayed
    • Main purpose of visit
    Interstate visits by any member of the household
    • Number of persons who travelled
    • Number of nights spent interstate
    • Main purpose of visit
    Details of most recent trip
    • Use of package tours
    • Cost of package tour
    • Cost of transport
    • Other expenditure while travelling interstate

    Main outputs
    Visitor nights in Queensland households by origin and purpose
    Interstate visitor nights in Queensland households by State/Territory of origin and purpose
    Visitor nights in Queensland households by household type
    Visitor nights in Queensland households by region
    Interstate trips by Queensland residents by purpose of trip
    Interstate trip nights by Queensland residents by purpose of trip
    Interstate trip nights by Queensland residents by household type
    Interstate trip nights by Queensland residents by region
    Average cost per person of most recent interstate trip by purpose of trip

    Classifications
    Standard Monthly Population Survey classifications

    Other concepts (summary)
    Standard Monthly Population Survey definitions ;
    Overseas and interstate visitors - persons who are usual residents of an overseas country or another State or Territory in Australia and who have spent at least one night in a Queensland household;
    Visits - Must have commenced in the period 1 July to 30 September 1994. Visits for the purpose of living permanently in Queensland are excluded.
    Visitor nights - The number of persons on a visit to a Queensland household multiplied by the number of nights.

    GEOGRAPHIC DETAIL
    Queensland

    Comments and/or Other Regions


    COLLECTION FREQUENCY
    Once Only

    Frequency comments


    COLLECTION HISTORY
    Ad hoc survey

    DATA AVAILABILITY
    Yes

    Data availability comments



    DATE OF LAST UPDATE FOR THIS DOCUMENT
    27/05/2002 10:48 AM