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Tourist visits to the entire Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
This graph shows the total tourist visits to the entire Great Barrier Reef Marine Park 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 126860 0 5936 132796 Aug 1993 128450 0 6151 134601 Sep 1993 119557 0 6202 125759 Oct 1993 129514 0 4516 134030 Nov 1993 119159 0 4727 123886 Dec 1993 108046 0 4034 112080 Jan 1994 120786 0 4481 125267 Feb 1994 92565 0 3410 95975 Mar 1994 97568 0 3563 101131 Apr 1994 106576 0 4297 110873 May 1994 92266 0 4616 96882 Jun 1994 108150 0 4896 113046 Jul 1994 137822 0 4612 142434 Aug 1994 141157 0 4097 145254 Sep 1994 149071 0 4614 153685 Oct 1994 156363 0 4713 161076 Nov 1994 141761 0 4664 146425 Dec 1994 125485 0 3924 129409 Jan 1995 140239 0 4573 144812 Feb 1995 90435 0 2753 93188 Mar 1995 108826 0 3387 112213 Apr 1995 110060 0 3996 114056 May 1995 97961 0 3358 101319 Jun 1995 100690 0 3904 104594 Jul 1995 156706 0 4994 161700 Aug 1995 136026 0 3379 139405 Sep 1995 149485 0 4566 154051 Oct 1995 180943 0 5164 186107 Nov 1995 171499 0 5488 176987 Dec 1995 166037 0 5177 171214 Jan 1996 147693 0 4600 152293 Feb 1996 113560 0 3886 117446 Mar 1996 120280 0 4084 124364 Apr 1996 133166 0 5205 138371 May 1996 107528 0 5285 112813 Jun 1996 119691 0 5575 125266 Jul 1996 144934 0 5163 150097 Aug 1996 143425 0 4815 148240 Sep 1996 136758 0 4605 141363 Oct 1996 160257 0 4689 164946 Nov 1996 146450 0 5181 151631 Dec 1996 141091 0 4448 145539 Jan 1997 139697 0 5497 145194 Feb 1997 107707 0 3519 111226 Mar 1997 94341 0 3819 98160 Apr 1997 120521 0 4887 125408 May 1997 127345 0 6045 133390 Jun 1997 111416 0 5286 116702 Jul 1997 155135 0 5440 160575 Aug 1997 168079 0 5653 173732 Sep 1997 149021 0 5773 154794 Oct 1997 157275 0 5607 162882 Nov 1997 138787 0 5419 144206 Dec 1997 124890 0 4725 129615 Jan 1998 121222 0 5156 126378 Feb 1998 96573 0 4775 101348 Mar 1998 112696 0 5822 118518 Apr 1998 121041 0 9094 130135 May 1998 95270 0 9018 104288 Jun 1998 102881 0 9182 112063 Jul 1998 159057 0 11524 170581 Aug 1998 164026 0 12542 176568 Sep 1998 134973 0 11135 146108 Oct 1998 145270 0 17287 162557 Nov 1998 127061 0 14868 141929 Dec 1998 126136 0 12138 138274 Jan 1999 117508 0 13590 131098 Feb 1999 85967 0 7535 93502 Mar 1999 107218 0 11187 118405 Apr 1999 114450 0 14679 129129 May 1999 100400 0 12737 113137 Jun 1999 108929 0 14091 123020 Jul 1999 141052 0 18985 160037 Aug 1999 139977 0 18544 158521 Sep 1999 129608 0 23935 153543 Oct 1999 158439 0 24984 183423 Nov 1999 139700 0 19431 159131 Dec 1999 127954 0 13964 141918 Jan 2000 128679 0 15633 144312 Feb 2000 92816 0 5679 98495 Mar 2000 113406 0 8932 122338 Apr 2000 111842 0 13325 125167 May 2000 100617 0 11452 112069 Jun 2000 103234 0 12054 115288 Jul 2000 144471 0 14513 158984 Aug 2000 147981 0 15143 163124 Sep 2000 131687 0 17137 148824 Oct 2000 149227 0 17278 166505 Nov 2000 149308 0 16217 165525 Dec 2000 137517 0 12292 149809 Jan 2001 142317 3 14102 156422 Feb 2001 93853 3 7166 101022 Mar 2001 134052 0 11067 145119 Apr 2001 131390 179 13203 144772 May 2001 124040 171 13146 137357 Jun 2001 113576 119 12135 125830 Jul 2001 179897 2131 19954 201982 Aug 2001 163416 2133 17573 183122 Sep 2001 132794 1478 19180 153452 Oct 2001 142381 10328 23971 176680 Nov 2001 136856 11342 18455 166653 Dec 2001 135577 10181 14814 160572 Jan 2002 126691 16374 17418 160483 Feb 2002 101175 12618 10711 124504 Mar 2002 116992 13140 13853 143985 Apr 2002 117275 14173 17056 148504 May 2002 105904 11696 15115 132715 Jun 2002 102577 10074 14830 127481 Jul 2002 156266 13196 19070 188532 Aug 2002 141225 11827 17987 171039 Sep 2002 132823 14942 21331 169096 Oct 2002 154854 16443 34769 206066 Nov 2002 139272 15861 23124 178257 Dec 2002 132903 16007 21731 170641 Jan 2003 130783 16657 20173 167613 Feb 2003 98441 11414 11391 121246 Mar 2003 111101 12250 13791 137142 Apr 2003 121640 14043 19271 154954 May 2003 97876 10828 15877 124581 Jun 2003 111165 10481 15255 136901 Jul 2003 142590 12368 23009 177967 Aug 2003 143539 14481 21697 179717 Sep 2003 137669 15971 26730 180370 Oct 2003 144243 16934 29429 190606 Nov 2003 136986 17805 23763 178554 Dec 2003 137656 17602 21025 176283 Jan 2004 140531 17399 21712 179642 Feb 2004 103565 12701 13174 129440 Mar 2004 102973 12088 15269 130330 Apr 2004 123000 13974 20560 157534 May 2004 105831 12220 17684 135735 Jun 2004 109476 11177 16990 137643 Jul 2004 161122 16243 26041 203406 Aug 2004 152838 16243 24049 193130 Sep 2004 136529 15819 28547 180895 Oct 2004 141455 16942 28114 186511 Nov 2004 134070 16113 21883 172066 Dec 2004 130313 16715 18753 165781 Jan 2005 125401 19668 18745 163814 Feb 2005 105574 18429 12682 136685 Mar 2005 123176 24689 18267 166132 Apr 2005 111038 13770 18568 143376 May 2005 106822 13725 16992 137539 Jun 2005 109526 13461 18371 141358 Jul 2005 140524 16486 24647 181657 Aug 2005 141580 17366 25253 184199 Sep 2005 138871 20795 27197 186863 Oct 2005 142242 20476 28097 190815 Nov 2005 132192 20106 23434 175732 Dec 2005 130555 20671 20232 171458 Jan 2006 131471 20316 22298 174085 Feb 2006 96473 14926 12198 123597 Mar 2006 90604 13404 14691 118699 Apr 2006 113099 16197 16965 146261 May 2006 94370 12864 15908 123142 Jun 2006 94300 10552 15241 120093 Jul 2006 144273 16538 18774 179585 Aug 2006 139098 17163 20784 177045 Sep 2006 125340 17435 22552 165327 Oct 2006 139882 19858 24711 184451 Nov 2006 133836 20096 18761 172693 Dec 2006 126906 19627 14744 161277 Jan 2007 141673 19179 20261 181113 Feb 2007 91253 10559 12727 114539 Mar 2007 116647 14382 16821 147850 Apr 2007 125729 23059 16754 165542 May 2007 99233 19391 15651 134275 Jun 2007 99526 18923 15122 133571 Jul 2007 138654 41357 22163 202174 Aug 2007 125859 41848 18495 186202 Sep 2007 121121 40424 19836 181381 Oct 2007 140075 43675 24699 208449 Nov 2007 130489 42358 19417 192264 Dec 2007 122676 40293 16336 179305 Jan 2008 110133 33739 18607 162479 Feb 2008 87697 30503 10351 128551 Mar 2008 103930 26892 14722 145544 Apr 2008 112653 33952 17935 164540 May 2008 99530 29716 15731 144977 Jun 2008 91062 27446 13098 131606 Jul 2008 136853 27209 23912 187974 Aug 2008 121722 24493 23952 170167 Sep 2008 120063 26035 25137 171235 Oct 2008 132315 28556 26609 187480 Nov 2008 128738 27052 20018 175808 Dec 2008 133349 29450 18636 181435 Jan 2009 117200 26845 20074 164119 Feb 2009 78519 17247 12677 108443 Mar 2009 95705 20060 16118 131883 Apr 2009 124983 24995 22547 172525 May 2009 90337 19706 17140 127183 Jun 2009 96163 19361 16661 132185 Jul 2009 140073 27799 25187 193059 Aug 2009 129862 28454 24526 182842 Sep 2009 126840 27114 27023 180977 Oct 2009 131593 30096 27576 189265 Nov 2009 116252 27794 22538 166584 Dec 2009 128931 28674 19877 177482 Jan 2010 105635 25370 18516 149521 Feb 2010 92678 28590 15333 136601 Mar 2010 83572 19624 15853 119049 Apr 2010 109376 26351 22643 158370 May 2010 88164 22892 18007 129063 Jun 2010 90377 20135 17785 128297 Jul 2010 124287 28408 25864 178559 Aug 2010 116097 30088 24698 170883 Sep 2010 113795 27502 27652 168949 Oct 2010 118468 25726 29624 173818 Nov 2010 111153 24738 23454 159345 Dec 2010 101151 25357 21254 147762 Jan 2011 98193 28757 20921 147871 Feb 2011 69529 23093 14139 106761 Mar 2011 94563 24852 15958 135373 Apr 2011 96900 25529 20188 142617 May 2011 87547 25415 16807 129769 Jun 2011 81797 22808 18093 122698
# = Visitor numbers (EMC) recording only commenced in 1 July 1993
Figures are based on EMC returns
