In addition to Tourism Western Australia’s Research a large amount of information, research and statistics on the Tourism industry is publically available. The main sources are listed below. For specific requests based on the available statistics, Tourism Research Australia runs a Statistical Enquiry Service for a small fee. Please see below for contact details.
Tourism Research Australia
Tourism Research Australia’s website contains information on all States and Territories, as well as detail on the visitors travelling to Australia.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics website contains statistics from the Survey of Tourist Accommodation, covering occupancy and revenue data for tourism regions across Australia. The Catalogue number for WA data is: 8635.5.55.001 The catalogue number for Australia is 8635.0 which also includes an overview of all States/Territories.
Sustainable Tourism CRC
Academic research on the Tourism industry is available through the Sustainable Tourism CRC bookshop.
Tourism and Transport Forum
The Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF) regularly conducts research and reviews many of the official data sources and forecasts (such as the IVS and NVS, Tourism Forecasting Committee forecasts, State budgets in relation to tourism spend etc.).
Tourism Research Australia Statistical Enquiry Service
Ad hoc interrogation of the International and National Visitor Survey statistics (IVS and NVS) has been outsourced to Tourism Research Australia (TRA). TRA works on a cost recovery basis, so there may be a small fee involved in collating the information you require.
Tel: +61 2 6243 7745
Email: tourism.research@ret.gov.au