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Tourists visits to the Cairns/Cooktown Management Area
This graph shows the total tourist visits to the Cairns/Cooktown Management 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 74472 0 4672 79144 Aug 1993 79851 0 5028 84879 Sep 1993 65353 0 4908 70261 Oct 1993 72266 0 2633 74899 Nov 1993 66588 0 3157 69745 Dec 1993 55125 0 2482 57607 Jan 1994 61590 0 2812 64402 Feb 1994 56651 0 2367 59018 Mar 1994 61293 0 2568 63861 Apr 1994 62220 0 2622 64842 May 1994 55066 0 3222 58288 Jun 1994 60587 0 3007 63594 Jul 1994 80652 0 2577 83229 Aug 1994 86004 0 2349 88353 Sep 1994 79614 0 2823 82437 Oct 1994 89841 0 3025 92866 Nov 1994 80538 0 2792 83330 Dec 1994 70481 0 2237 72718 Jan 1995 79400 0 2551 81951 Feb 1995 58503 0 1947 60450 Mar 1995 66686 0 2088 68774 Apr 1995 61764 0 2642 64406 May 1995 57963 0 2341 60304 Jun 1995 58887 0 2741 61628 Jul 1995 98039 0 2949 100988 Aug 1995 89392 0 2222 91614 Sep 1995 84569 0 2927 87496 Oct 1995 93344 0 3060 96404 Nov 1995 88295 0 3539 91834 Dec 1995 82838 0 3114 85952 Jan 1996 76960 0 2419 79379 Feb 1996 67168 0 2548 69716 Mar 1996 68430 0 2453 70883 Apr 1996 71520 0 3266 74786 May 1996 59437 0 2734 62171 Jun 1996 67498 0 3353 70851 Jul 1996 87652 0 3524 91176 Aug 1996 88569 0 3350 91919 Sep 1996 76717 0 3066 79783 Oct 1996 96008 0 3189 99197 Nov 1996 86707 0 3748 90455 Dec 1996 80742 0 3094 83836 Jan 1997 82797 0 4155 86952 Feb 1997 70449 0 2644 73093 Mar 1997 63578 0 2421 65999 Apr 1997 70983 0 3436 74419 May 1997 80690 0 4573 85263 Jun 1997 64847 0 3686 68533 Jul 1997 96941 0 4133 101074 Aug 1997 107000 0 3994 110994 Sep 1997 85890 0 3817 89707 Oct 1997 86631 0 3674 90305 Nov 1997 80208 0 3757 83965 Dec 1997 64902 0 3143 68045 Jan 1998 54442 0 3260 57702 Feb 1998 47009 0 2677 49686 Mar 1998 55786 0 3298 59084 Apr 1998 49004 0 3935 52939 May 1998 36784 0 3499 40283 Jun 1998 40861 0 3890 44751 Jul 1998 91504 0 5911 97415 Aug 1998 103567 0 7138 110705 Sep 1998 69765 0 5306 75071 Oct 1998 81883 0 7344 89227 Nov 1998 68692 0 6173 74865 Dec 1998 64803 0 4885 69688 Jan 1999 61745 0 4460 66205 Feb 1999 46909 0 2904 49813 Mar 1999 57335 0 3723 61058 Apr 1999 59473 0 3689 63162 May 1999 54647 0 3733 58380 Jun 1999 58199 0 4664 62863 Jul 1999 80239 0 5166 85405 Aug 1999 80241 0 5063 85304 Sep 1999 65660 0 5136 70796 Oct 1999 83755 0 6750 90505 Nov 1999 75029 0 6107 81136 Dec 1999 61182 0 4107 65289 Jan 2000 60886 0 2845 63731 Feb 2000 53157 0 2374 55531 Mar 2000 58088 0 2749 60837 Apr 2000 57553 0 2527 60080 May 2000 54994 0 2953 57947 Jun 2000 54781 0 3594 58375 Jul 2000 77853 0 3608 81461 Aug 2000 84170 0 3786 87956 Sep 2000 64200 0 2616 66816 Oct 2000 78603 0 3814 82417 Nov 2000 83536 0 4939 88475 Dec 2000 69113 0 3962 73075 Jan 2001 67232 0 3488 70720 Feb 2001 45661 0 2174 47835 Mar 2001 67389 0 3571 70960 Apr 2001 64906 0 3348 68254 May 2001 62909 0 4097 67006 Jun 2001 55883 0 3913 59796 Jul 2001 95218 1184 4841 101243 Aug 2001 91046 1514 4864 97424 Sep 2001 64088 860 4272 69220 Oct 2001 74042 1766 5668 81476 Nov 2001 69636 1797 5414 76847 Dec 2001 68462 1599 3924 73985 Jan 2002 62113 1660 4365 68138 Feb 2002 55421 1547 3869 60837 Mar 2002 63106 1189 4440 68735 Apr 2002 59598 1728 4862 66188 May 2002 56618 1702 5220 63540 Jun 2002 55263 1512 5213 61988 Jul 2002 85006 2409 5926 93341 Aug 2002 82931 2101 6501 91533 Sep 2002 70570 2084 5472 78126 Oct 2002 83894 2370 9809 96073 Nov 2002 78546 2067 8827 89440 Dec 2002 69337 2086 7027 78450 Jan 2003 67408 1683 7004 76095 Feb 2003 55687 1342 6188 63217 Mar 2003 59152 1184 5830 66166 Apr 2003 58955 1395 5787 66137 May 2003 48474 1231 5818 55523 Jun 2003 57340 1446 6338 65124 Jul 2003 74058 1354 7557 82969 Aug 2003 79408 2619 7632 89659 Sep 2003 73783 2651 7922 84356 Oct 2003 78353 2523 9974 90850 Nov 2003 74768 2442 9240 86450 Dec 2003 71713 2177 8645 82535 Jan 2004 72600 2393 7877 82870 Feb 2004 51382 1532 6439 59353 Mar 2004 50585 1560 6280 58425 Apr 2004 61513 1535 7080 70128 May 2004 57050 2130 7504 66684 Jun 2004 59958 2204 7733 69895 Jul 2004 88447 3946 9972 102365 Aug 2004 89151 4085 9267 102503 Sep 2004 70551 3093 9124 82768 Oct 2004 78243 3828 10363 92434 Nov 2004 71482 3370 9919 84771 Dec 2004 65848 3196 8746 77790 Jan 2005 64307 3847 8023 76177 Feb 2005 57320 3661 6702 67683 Mar 2005 61982 3169 7724 72875 Apr 2005 55158 2645 6951 64754 May 2005 54333 3197 7742 65272 Jun 2005 59263 2871 7610 69744 Jul 2005 77839 3565 8561 89965 Aug 2005 83142 3911 9387 96440 Sep 2005 72569 4708 8267 85544 Oct 2005 77596 4432 9840 91868 Nov 2005 73447 4085 9687 87219 Dec 2005 68404 3462 8663 80529 Jan 2006 65786 3484 9207 78477 Feb 2006 50142 3174 6801 60117 Mar 2006 49766 1981 6503 58250 Apr 2006 52830 2504 5872 61206 May 2006 46652 2402 6223 55277 Jun 2006 50782 2070 5941 58793 Jul 2006 79675 3252 3788 86715 Aug 2006 79519 3158 6376 89053 Sep 2006 65082 2317 6334 73733 Oct 2006 73801 3686 6165 83652 Nov 2006 70819 3946 6284 81049 Dec 2006 66583 3343 4541 74467 Jan 2007 66708 3212 7544 77464 Feb 2007 50156 2262 6350 58768 Mar 2007 58258 2698 7251 68207 Apr 2007 55715 9433 5172 70320 May 2007 45421 9320 5716 60457 Jun 2007 50533 9660 5378 65571 Jul 2007 71518 25371 6417 103306 Aug 2007 66787 27008 5694 99489 Sep 2007 59051 23572 5357 87980 Oct 2007 73726 26455 7119 107300 Nov 2007 63268 25057 6685 95010 Dec 2007 62382 23216 4919 90517 Jan 2008 52741 18857 3678 75276 Feb 2008 48234 21455 3431 73120 Mar 2008 48904 15361 3380 67645 Apr 2008 54158 19760 3499 77417 May 2008 47426 18917 3232 69575 Jun 2008 47336 17348 2980 67664 Jul 2008 72425 14787 5801 93013 Aug 2008 65038 13447 5879 84364 Sep 2008 55788 12641 5766 74195 Oct 2008 66013 13270 4758 84041 Nov 2008 64865 12969 5123 82957 Dec 2008 60135 13033 3299 76467 Jan 2009 58005 14019 5685 77709 Feb 2009 38788 8977 5180 52945 Mar 2009 47903 9686 4950 62539 Apr 2009 59259 10482 5802 75543 May 2009 44244 8825 5302 58371 Jun 2009 50593 8792 5196 64581 Jul 2009 76868 12830 6250 95948 Aug 2009 68518 15636 5877 90031 Sep 2009 62737 11520 5680 79937 Oct 2009 64024 14189 7759 85972 Nov 2009 55566 11787 7689 75042 Dec 2009 55027 13241 6397 74665 Jan 2010 44791 9615 5070 59476 Feb 2010 48220 16620 7665 72505 Mar 2010 41434 8964 6299 56697 Apr 2010 51176 12466 7979 71621 May 2010 41978 11521 6756 60255 Jun 2010 48413 10859 6871 66143 Jul 2010 65308 15798 7960 89066 Aug 2010 60226 18269 8441 86936 Sep 2010 56531 14222 7626 78379 Oct 2010 55691 13860 9868 79419 Nov 2010 53675 13394 10104 77173 Dec 2010 49340 13750 9317 72407 Jan 2011 53657 16648 9784 80089 Feb 2011 37223 15317 8613 61153 Mar 2011 41596 16041 7851 65488 Apr 2011 51600 14058 7347 73005 May 2011 42243 16186 6687 65116 Jun 2011 45641 15142 7628 68411
# = Visitor numbers (EMC) recording only commenced in 1 July 1993
Figures are based on EMC returns
