Economic scorecard 2023 V1
Phase 1 Towards Tourism 2032 reporting as at November 2023
Objective: Total visitor expenditure continues to increase each year.
Measure: Overnight visit expenditure in Queensland.
| Year ending June 2023 | Year ending June 2022 | Annual % change | Change since year ending December 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intrastate | $15.0b | $12.4b | 21.0% | 47.1% |
| Interstate | $13.8b | $7.2b | 90.9% | 49.7% |
| Domestic total | $28.8b | $19.6b | 46.8% | 48.3% |
| International | $4.3b | $0.7b | 512.6% | -28.7% |
| Total | $33.2b | $20.4b | 63% | 30% |
Overnight visit expenditure growth is strong (particularly domestic), however softening demand is expected, regional disparity remains, and international visitation remains lower than pre-COVID.
Objective: More opportunities to visit, experience and stay are created and consumed
Measure: Total Tourism Gross State Product
Total Tourism Gross State Product
| YE June 2021 ($ million) | YE June 2022 ($ million) | % point change |
Total Tourism Gross State Product | $15,685.1 | $21,501.0 | 37.1% |
The value of Queensland’s tourism industry remains strong post-COVID.
Source: Tourism Research Australia
Objective: The production and consumption of tourism continues to increase across all regions
Measure: Total Tourism Gross Regional Product
Total Tourism Gross Regional Product (GRP) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 ($ Million) | 2021-22 ($ Million) | Annual Change % | |
Gold Coast | $2,404.5 | $3,243.3 | 34.9% |
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Brisbane | $3,842.6 | $5,958.8 | 55.1% |
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Sunshine Coast | $2,379.0 | $2,814.8 | 18.3% |
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Fraser Coast | $409.4 | $486 | 18.7% |
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SQC | $706.1 | $934.5 | 32.4% |
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Mackay | $279.2 | $409.1 | 46.5% |
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Whitsundays | $520.4 | $730.1 | 40.3% |
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Townsville | $497.4 | $661.7 | 33.0% |
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TNQ | $1,423.9 | $2,230.8 | 56.7% |
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Outback Queensland | $317.7 | $384.3 | 21.0% |
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Southern GBR* | $942.7 | $1,127.3 | 19.6% |
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| Queensland (GSP) | $15,685.1 | $21,501.0 | 37.1% |
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Source: Tourism Research Australia
Tourism Gross Regional Product increased across all regions, through regional disparity exists.
Objective: An increase in the number of tourism operators delivering exceptional customers experiences
Meausre: Best of Queensland Experiences List (BoQE)
| 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | % point change |
Operators achieving BoQE status | 1,308 | 2,225 | 2,130 | -4.3% |
Objective: The production and consumption of tourism continues to increase across all regions
Meausre: Total Tourism Gross Regional Product
Decline in operators achieving BoQE status likely due to business and consutation and change in methodology of ATDW listings post-COVID.
Objective: Repeat visits for tourism are increasing
Meausre: Return visits to Queensland
| June 2021 | June 2023 | % point change |
Share of repeat leisure visitors to Queensland | 93% | 88% | -5% |
Repeat visitation remains high. Marginal decline in repeat leisure visitors to Queensland likely due to substitution effect following re-opening on international borders after surge in first time visitors to Queensland.
Source: Tourism and Events Queensland, unless stated otherwise. * Southern GBR is an aggregation of Bundaberg, Capricorn, and Gladstone.
Last updated: 17 Jun 2024