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Tourists visits to the Cairns Planning Area
This graph shows the total tourist visits to the Cairns 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 73199 0 4624 77823 Aug 1993 78486 0 4967 83453 Sep 1993 64097 0 4843 68940 Oct 1993 70620 0 2616 73236 Nov 1993 65251 0 3134 68385 Dec 1993 54167 0 2459 56626 Jan 1994 60532 0 2776 63308 Feb 1994 55995 0 2349 58344 Mar 1994 60578 0 2547 63125 Apr 1994 59417 0 2562 61979 May 1994 53276 0 3168 56444 Jun 1994 58009 0 2944 60953 Jul 1994 77411 0 2460 79871 Aug 1994 82757 0 2235 84992 Sep 1994 76468 0 2712 79180 Oct 1994 87001 0 2980 89981 Nov 1994 77352 0 2711 80063 Dec 1994 67630 0 2110 69740 Jan 1995 76146 0 2433 78579 Feb 1995 56235 0 1867 58102 Mar 1995 63944 0 1973 65917 Apr 1995 59644 0 2594 62238 May 1995 55857 0 2292 58149 Jun 1995 56758 0 2676 59434 Jul 1995 94282 0 2868 97150 Aug 1995 86843 0 2179 89022 Sep 1995 81464 0 2836 84300 Oct 1995 91682 0 2968 94650 Nov 1995 86513 0 3424 89937 Dec 1995 81385 0 2971 84356 Jan 1996 74603 0 2361 76964 Feb 1996 65325 0 2532 67857 Mar 1996 66135 0 2411 68546 Apr 1996 69232 0 3155 72387 May 1996 57800 0 2605 60405 Jun 1996 65451 0 3261 68712 Jul 1996 84848 0 3423 88271 Aug 1996 86209 0 3288 89497 Sep 1996 74320 0 2927 77247 Oct 1996 93905 0 3142 97047 Nov 1996 84577 0 3682 88259 Dec 1996 78918 0 3006 81924 Jan 1997 81090 0 4118 85208 Feb 1997 69137 0 2634 71771 Mar 1997 62358 0 2403 64761 Apr 1997 69803 0 3405 73208 May 1997 79163 0 4518 83681 Jun 1997 63598 0 3639 67237 Jul 1997 94884 0 4033 98917 Aug 1997 104428 0 3888 108316 Sep 1997 82987 0 3660 86647 Oct 1997 83840 0 3539 87379 Nov 1997 77342 0 3654 80996 Dec 1997 62813 0 3009 65822 Jan 1998 52906 0 3195 56101 Feb 1998 45139 0 2564 47703 Mar 1998 53532 0 3227 56759 Apr 1998 47374 0 3763 51137 May 1998 35849 0 3319 39168 Jun 1998 39651 0 3581 43232 Jul 1998 89545 0 5571 95116 Aug 1998 100881 0 6797 107678 Sep 1998 67585 0 4918 72503 Oct 1998 79606 0 6905 86511 Nov 1998 66858 0 5885 72743 Dec 1998 63548 0 4615 68163 Jan 1999 59930 0 4243 64173 Feb 1999 45734 0 2805 48539 Mar 1999 55676 0 3564 59240 Apr 1999 57835 0 3525 61360 May 1999 52856 0 3298 56154 Jun 1999 56290 0 4345 60635 Jul 1999 77704 0 4748 82452 Aug 1999 76647 0 4598 81245 Sep 1999 63264 0 4540 67804 Oct 1999 79962 0 6170 86132 Nov 1999 71995 0 5597 77592 Dec 1999 59054 0 3689 62743 Jan 2000 58606 0 2539 61145 Feb 2000 51103 0 2184 53287 Mar 2000 56527 0 2467 58994 Apr 2000 55881 0 2306 58187 May 2000 53516 0 2730 56246 Jun 2000 52853 0 3251 56104 Jul 2000 74793 0 3230 78023 Aug 2000 80804 0 3439 84243 Sep 2000 62656 0 2446 65102 Oct 2000 77267 0 3637 80904 Nov 2000 80730 0 4298 85028 Dec 2000 65364 0 3391 68755 Jan 2001 65187 0 3208 68395 Feb 2001 44253 0 1994 46247 Mar 2001 65075 0 3217 68292 Apr 2001 62629 0 2935 65564 May 2001 60558 0 3638 64196 Jun 2001 53631 0 3301 56932 Jul 2001 91698 1177 4412 97287 Aug 2001 87998 1460 4405 93863 Sep 2001 61127 852 3922 65901 Oct 2001 70672 1667 5218 77557 Nov 2001 66558 1659 4677 72894 Dec 2001 66226 1511 3617 71354 Jan 2002 60516 1496 4131 66143 Feb 2002 54255 1430 3702 59387 Mar 2002 61170 1004 4130 66304 Apr 2002 57878 1507 4677 64062 May 2002 55130 1504 5031 61665 Jun 2002 53475 1234 4843 59552 Jul 2002 82436 1998 5177 89611 Aug 2002 80268 1743 5768 87779 Sep 2002 68027 1883 5070 74980 Oct 2002 80925 2114 9346 92385 Nov 2002 76234 1799 8525 86558 Dec 2002 67208 1947 6636 75791 Jan 2003 65710 1584 6699 73993 Feb 2003 54343 1281 5997 61621 Mar 2003 57573 1065 5409 64047 Apr 2003 57171 1265 5494 63930 May 2003 46853 1108 5586 53547 Jun 2003 55729 1332 6011 63072 Jul 2003 72125 1216 7033 80374 Aug 2003 76625 2386 7042 86053 Sep 2003 71161 2528 7324 81013 Oct 2003 76157 2362 9515 88034 Nov 2003 73121 2279 8946 84346 Dec 2003 70030 2081 8264 80375 Jan 2004 70574 2273 7506 80353 Feb 2004 50078 1478 6056 57612 Mar 2004 49287 1474 5799 56560 Apr 2004 60321 1396 6697 68414 May 2004 55468 1982 7281 64731 Jun 2004 58465 2071 7426 67962 Jul 2004 85752 3774 9517 99043 Aug 2004 85562 3911 8702 98175 Sep 2004 68182 3007 8681 79870 Oct 2004 76345 3674 9924 89943 Nov 2004 69743 3155 9654 82552 Dec 2004 64074 2707 8362 75143 Jan 2005 62813 2888 7827 73528 Feb 2005 56021 2974 6585 65580 Mar 2005 60314 2700 7209 70223 Apr 2005 52575 1990 6374 60939 May 2005 51552 2651 7170 61373 Jun 2005 56501 2470 7293 66264 Jul 2005 75438 3013 8164 86615 Aug 2005 80262 3331 8952 92545 Sep 2005 70068 4231 7974 82273 Oct 2005 74990 4205 9529 88724 Nov 2005 71437 3862 9413 84712 Dec 2005 66239 3349 8370 77958 Jan 2006 64035 3331 8911 76277 Feb 2006 48998 3100 6687 58785 Mar 2006 49011 1865 6405 57281 Apr 2006 51957 2353 5736 60046 May 2006 45949 2288 6073 54310 Jun 2006 49894 1916 5685 57495 Jul 2006 77651 2984 3453 84088 Aug 2006 77107 2867 6161 86135 Sep 2006 63012 2054 6005 71071 Oct 2006 71479 3454 5960 80893 Nov 2006 67839 3685 6069 77593 Dec 2006 64897 3213 4395 72505 Jan 2007 64494 3084 7276 74854 Feb 2007 48919 2219 5964 57102 Mar 2007 56376 2588 6949 65913 Apr 2007 54387 9198 4976 68561 May 2007 43770 9047 5354 58171 Jun 2007 49248 9356 5145 63749 Jul 2007 69090 25034 6157 100281 Aug 2007 64241 26661 5447 96349 Sep 2007 56436 23198 5060 84694 Oct 2007 71864 26032 6948 104844 Nov 2007 61928 24836 6482 93246 Dec 2007 61120 22939 4837 88896 Jan 2008 50983 18553 3393 72929 Feb 2008 45328 21247 3235 69810 Mar 2008 47809 15015 3286 66110 Apr 2008 52981 19509 3389 75879 May 2008 46556 18650 3130 68336 Jun 2008 46500 17052 2895 66447 Jul 2008 70714 14363 5734 90811 Aug 2008 63221 13169 5741 82131 Sep 2008 54185 12092 5546 71823 Oct 2008 64768 12877 4503 82148 Nov 2008 63576 12659 4980 81215 Dec 2008 58957 12752 3276 74985 Jan 2009 56903 13696 5497 76096 Feb 2009 38257 8960 4364 51581 Mar 2009 46912 9637 4915 61464 Apr 2009 55317 10109 5641 71067 May 2009 41011 8714 5087 54812 Jun 2009 47544 8430 4937 60911 Jul 2009 71771 12183 5850 89804 Aug 2009 63594 15121 5685 84400 Sep 2009 58607 10898 5400 74905 Oct 2009 62615 12642 7647 82904 Nov 2009 54345 10611 7564 72520 Dec 2009 53886 11938 6366 72190 Jan 2010 44099 8633 5004 57736 Feb 2010 47659 14935 7624 70218 Mar 2010 40860 8155 6226 55241 Apr 2010 50276 11286 6882 68444 May 2010 41288 10413 6671 58372 Jun 2010 47604 9757 6779 64140 Jul 2010 64035 14430 7881 86346 Aug 2010 58548 16333 8315 83196 Sep 2010 54806 12675 7495 74976 Oct 2010 54222 12422 9623 76267 Nov 2010 52854 12149 9892 74895 Dec 2010 48406 12470 9217 70093 Jan 2011 52844 15306 9646 77796 Feb 2011 36993 14302 8436 59731 Mar 2011 41316 14936 7689 63941 Apr 2011 51287 13162 7264 71713 May 2011 41871 15152 6532 63555 Jun 2011 45147 14023 7446 66616
# = Visitor numbers (EMC) recording only commenced in 1 July 1993
Figures are based on EMC returns
