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Tourists visits to the Whitsunday Planning Area
This graph shows the total tourist visits to the Whitsunday Planning Area including full day visits, part day visits and visits by those who are exempt from paying the Environment Management Charge (EMC). Full day visits are the best gauge of the general trend of tourism in the Marine Park. Monthly data are also available in .csv format below.
Important information you need to understand this data
- The data represents visitors to the Great Barrier Reef who used commercial tourist operations.
- Data is updated on receipt of quarterly returns from tourism operators one month after the quarter has ended.
- The count of visitor days to the Marine Park is calculated where passengers undertake a visit as follows:
- Full day visits:
- A day trip of more than three hours is recorded as a full day visit
- Overnight trips are recorded as multiple full days, for example, a stay of two-days and one night is counted as two full day visits.
- Part day visits:
- Where the trip is less than three hours
- The first day of a trip entering the Marine Park after 5 pm
- The last day of a trip leaving the Marine Park before 6 am
- Exempt visits are passengers who are not required to pay the Environmental Management Charge (EMC), for example:
- Young children who are free-of-charge
- Trade familiarisation passengers who are free-of-charge
- Passengers for whom another operator has already paid EMC on that day
- The fourth and subsequent days for passengers on extended charters.
- The data for 1993 represents six months visitation as data collection commenced in July 1993.
- Recording part day visits began in the fourth quarter of 2001. These figures were previously included with the full day visits.
- The recording of coral viewing activities (for example, glass bottom boat tours) commenced in July 2007 and is recorded as part day visits.
- The recording of scenic flights commenced in October 2009 and is recorded as part day visits.
- The data does not include transfer passengers (for example ferry passengers).
- The data presented are preliminary until they are validated. A variation of up to approximately 1 per cent may exist in the figures.
N/A* = part day GBR visitor days not recorded separately prior mid 2001
Year Full Day Part Day Exempt Total Jul 1993 32540 0 885 33425 Aug 1993 30475 0 797 31272 Sep 1993 36269 0 1016 37285 Oct 1993 34681 0 1386 36067 Nov 1993 32107 0 1130 33237 Dec 1993 32269 0 996 33265 Jan 1994 38807 0 1302 40109 Feb 1994 23834 0 752 24586 Mar 1994 24172 0 672 24844 Apr 1994 31438 0 1259 32697 May 1994 26243 0 972 27215 Jun 1994 30410 0 1412 31822 Jul 1994 36122 0 1377 37499 Aug 1994 36207 0 1175 37382 Sep 1994 48107 0 1289 49396 Oct 1994 45591 0 1288 46879 Nov 1994 43688 0 1375 45063 Dec 1994 38450 0 1113 39563 Jan 1995 44333 0 1402 45735 Feb 1995 23964 0 548 24512 Mar 1995 30449 0 851 31300 Apr 1995 34814 0 894 35708 May 1995 27877 0 643 28520 Jun 1995 28123 0 702 28825 Jul 1995 40111 0 1285 41396 Aug 1995 33056 0 819 33875 Sep 1995 44981 0 1076 46057 Oct 1995 57985 0 1523 59508 Nov 1995 53798 0 1430 55228 Dec 1995 53497 0 1252 54749 Jan 1996 54062 0 1589 55651 Feb 1996 36017 0 896 36913 Mar 1996 40618 0 1256 41874 Apr 1996 44391 0 1248 45639 May 1996 35493 0 1959 37452 Jun 1996 36486 0 1541 38027 Jul 1996 40056 0 1057 41113 Aug 1996 39722 0 1036 40758 Sep 1996 44572 0 1079 45651 Oct 1996 46192 0 931 47123 Nov 1996 42003 0 844 42847 Dec 1996 44166 0 648 44814 Jan 1997 44497 0 901 45398 Feb 1997 27961 0 485 28446 Mar 1997 21968 0 1159 23127 Apr 1997 33099 0 696 33795 May 1997 29355 0 824 30179 Jun 1997 26388 0 843 27231 Jul 1997 42372 0 926 43298 Aug 1997 43016 0 1005 44021 Sep 1997 44431 0 1027 45458 Oct 1997 50510 0 1076 51586 Nov 1997 42414 0 987 43401 Dec 1997 42842 0 894 43736 Jan 1998 36940 0 789 37729 Feb 1998 24950 0 677 25627 Mar 1998 28704 0 824 29528 Apr 1998 41867 0 2362 44229 May 1998 34845 0 2685 37530 Jun 1998 34860 0 1765 36625 Jul 1998 46485 0 2068 48553 Aug 1998 42691 0 2130 44821 Sep 1998 46088 0 2687 48775 Oct 1998 43857 0 6438 50295 Nov 1998 40733 0 5624 46357 Dec 1998 43703 0 5094 48797 Jan 1999 40373 0 7370 47743 Feb 1999 29816 0 2967 32783 Mar 1999 37460 0 5564 43024 Apr 1999 41207 0 8043 49250 May 1999 34377 0 5845 40222 Jun 1999 37477 0 5992 43469 Jul 1999 46023 0 9543 55566 Aug 1999 44959 0 9165 54124 Sep 1999 48038 0 13907 61945 Oct 1999 52758 0 13239 65997 Nov 1999 47465 0 9818 57283 Dec 1999 48274 0 7859 56133 Jan 2000 51945 0 10740 62685 Feb 2000 31856 0 2502 34358 Mar 2000 43748 0 4868 48616 Apr 2000 42844 0 8515 51359 May 2000 35244 0 6132 41376 Jun 2000 35047 0 5893 40940 Jul 2000 49540 0 7738 57278 Aug 2000 49309 0 8424 57733 Sep 2000 51376 0 11326 62702 Oct 2000 52750 0 10067 62817 Nov 2000 49011 0 8597 57608 Dec 2000 50727 0 6871 57598 Jan 2001 54268 3 8379 62650 Feb 2001 37512 0 3626 41138 Mar 2001 48386 0 5377 53763 Apr 2001 48970 179 7249 56398 May 2001 44004 171 6040 50215 Jun 2001 42081 97 5732 47910 Jul 2001 58583 440 10623 69646 Aug 2001 50613 248 9189 60050 Sep 2001 50326 230 11481 62037 Oct 2001 46900 4771 13925 65596 Nov 2001 45871 6384 9508 61763 Dec 2001 46944 5479 8002 60425 Jan 2002 51497 9223 8550 69270 Feb 2002 37754 6853 3972 48579 Mar 2002 43398 7266 5833 56497 Apr 2002 46152 8178 8004 62334 May 2002 38258 6843 6263 51364 Jun 2002 35886 5608 6085 47579 Jul 2002 53240 6065 9063 68368 Aug 2002 44373 5794 8125 58292 Sep 2002 47387 7521 11774 66682 Oct 2002 53637 9054 18587 81278 Nov 2002 45824 8949 8514 63287 Dec 2002 47646 8804 9600 66050 Jan 2003 51481 9127 9040 69648 Feb 2003 35054 6418 3452 44924 Mar 2003 40450 7054 5400 52904 Apr 2003 51644 8375 10017 70036 May 2003 38799 6233 6795 51827 Jun 2003 42226 5705 5922 53853 Jul 2003 54606 6776 10608 71990 Aug 2003 50220 7014 9442 66676 Sep 2003 50155 7815 14268 72238 Oct 2003 51721 9536 13836 75093 Nov 2003 48617 9935 9522 68074 Dec 2003 51965 10164 8146 70275 Jan 2004 54648 9453 9844 73945 Feb 2004 43166 7134 4394 54694 Mar 2004 43352 6769 6136 56257 Apr 2004 50634 8038 9239 67911 May 2004 38753 6688 6832 52273 Jun 2004 39367 5822 5647 50836 Jul 2004 57136 7354 11042 75532 Aug 2004 49473 6899 10401 66773 Sep 2004 52210 7810 14615 74635 Oct 2004 49370 8282 12602 70254 Nov 2004 49137 7909 7535 64581 Dec 2004 48242 8331 6217 62790 Jan 2005 46198 11687 7114 64999 Feb 2005 39194 11544 3835 54573 Mar 2005 47297 16692 7031 71020 Apr 2005 44129 7139 7181 58449 May 2005 40383 6804 5413 52600 Jun 2005 38521 6984 6765 52270 Jul 2005 48428 7933 10849 67210 Aug 2005 45112 8162 10675 63949 Sep 2005 50214 9789 13496 73499 Oct 2005 49988 10197 12208 72393 Nov 2005 44422 10171 7863 62456 Dec 2005 45691 11128 6732 63551 Jan 2006 49803 10776 8416 68995 Feb 2006 36776 7750 2566 47092 Mar 2006 32433 8015 4767 45215 Apr 2006 46017 8832 7791 62640 May 2006 37185 7323 6635 51143 Jun 2006 34406 5651 5959 46016 Jul 2006 50780 8216 11072 70068 Aug 2006 46758 7757 9230 63745 Sep 2006 48263 8262 11100 67625 Oct 2006 51963 10426 13610 75999 Nov 2006 49677 10633 8219 68529 Dec 2006 48533 10364 6350 65247 Jan 2007 59247 9301 8107 76655 Feb 2007 32508 5264 3073 40845 Mar 2007 46279 7199 5542 59020 Apr 2007 51627 8799 7952 68378 May 2007 39524 7086 6010 52620 Jun 2007 36889 6426 5666 48981 Jul 2007 48591 10632 11706 70929 Aug 2007 43793 9643 8292 61728 Sep 2007 45377 10650 10300 66327 Oct 2007 51313 9761 13956 75030 Nov 2007 54816 11265 9514 75595 Dec 2007 48357 10628 9132 68117 Jan 2008 48047 10224 10338 68609 Feb 2008 32875 6552 3586 43013 Mar 2008 46590 8223 7059 61872 Apr 2008 46459 9816 8938 65213 May 2008 40582 7279 7221 55082 Jun 2008 33740 6538 5651 45929 Jul 2008 49854 7516 12693 70063 Aug 2008 43647 6593 12584 62824 Sep 2008 48994 8684 13582 71260 Oct 2008 52376 10295 15998 78669 Nov 2008 50962 9846 9937 70745 Dec 2008 57360 11141 9421 77922 Jan 2009 46241 9061 9653 64955 Feb 2009 31847 5941 3990 41778 Mar 2009 38544 7592 6167 52303 Apr 2009 50679 9950 11386 72015 May 2009 35292 7844 7333 50469 Jun 2009 36416 7036 7883 51335 Jul 2009 49873 9927 13642 73442 Aug 2009 48541 8312 14202 71055 Sep 2009 49335 10570 15479 75384 Oct 2009 53988 12377 14229 80594 Nov 2009 47959 13235 9958 71152 Dec 2009 58902 13118 8515 80535 Jan 2010 47924 12511 9667 70102 Feb 2010 37817 9997 4665 52479 Mar 2010 35774 8863 6455 51092 Apr 2010 46661 10644 10553 67858 May 2010 36573 9049 7198 52820 Jun 2010 34431 7113 7802 49346 Jul 2010 46982 8317 13014 68313 Aug 2010 44732 7972 11533 64237 Sep 2010 44144 8791 14622 67557 Oct 2010 51358 9074 14466 74898 Nov 2010 44218 8177 8729 61124 Dec 2010 41725 8346 8172 58243 Jan 2011 36305 9186 7566 53057 Feb 2011 26627 5964 2712 35303 Mar 2011 42929 6099 5437 54465 Apr 2011 35788 7345 8527 51660 May 2011 35504 6247 6107 47858 Jun 2011 28105 5009 6793 39907
# = Visitor numbers (EMC) recording only commenced in 1 July 1993
Figures are based on EMC returns
