Young and Temperton, 2007:

"Table 53 shows the proportions of respondents who have visited the Great Barrier Reef in the past 12 months.

Table 53. Incidence of visitation to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Q16. When answering the next few questions please remember that the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park includes waters to the shoreline, some islands and reef from just north of Bundaberg to the top of Cape York. This does not include beaches on the mainland, but does include waters immediately offshore. Keeping this in mind, have you visited or passed through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the past 12 months? SINGLE RESPONSE

As would be expected residents from Queensland coastal communities were much more likely to visit or pass through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park compared to people who live in southern capital cities (42% compared to 9% southern capital city respondents).

Chart 14 demonstrates the visitation changes to the Great Barrier Reef from 2006 to 2007. As can be seen it has remained stable amongst both Queensland coastal communities and southern capital cities. Looking at each individual Queensland coastal community, the likelihood of having visited the Marine Park has also remained stable."

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"Chart 14. Percentage change in visitation to the Great Barrier Reef between 2006 and 2007

Q16. When answering the next few questions please remember that the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park includes waters to the shoreline, some islands and reef from just north of Bundaberg to the top of Cape York. This does not include beaches on the mainland, but does include waters immediately offshore. Keeping this in mind, have you visited or passed through the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the past 12 months?  SINGLE RESPONSE 

Particular subgroups were found to have visited the Great Barrier Reef more than others. Table 54 shows the likelihood of different subgroups having visited the Marine Park in the past 12 months." 

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Citation and/or URL

Young, J. & Temperton, J. 2008, Measuring community attitudes and awareness towards the Great Barrier Reef 2007. Research Publication 90, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Australia

Spatial Coverage

Queensland coastal resident population and three southern capital cities.

Temporal Coverage

2006 and 2007

Update Frequency

Annual

Other Information

Nil