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Townsville/Whitsunday Management Area
This graph shows the total tourist visits to the Townsville/Whitsunday 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 38966 0 961 39927 Aug 1993 36937 0 938 37875 Sep 1993 41080 0 1131 42211 Oct 1993 41860 0 1570 43430 Nov 1993 39363 0 1280 40643 Dec 1993 40823 0 1250 42073 Jan 1994 45966 0 1483 47449 Feb 1994 28155 0 918 29073 Mar 1994 29857 0 920 30777 Apr 1994 36898 0 1459 38357 May 1994 30959 0 1241 32200 Jun 1994 36166 0 1691 37857 Jul 1994 45447 0 1804 47251 Aug 1994 44719 0 1451 46170 Sep 1994 57805 0 1537 59342 Oct 1994 56014 0 1538 57552 Nov 1994 52777 0 1645 54422 Dec 1994 47180 0 1397 48577 Jan 1995 52589 0 1660 54249 Feb 1995 28552 0 734 29286 Mar 1995 36763 0 1090 37853 Apr 1995 42039 0 1160 43199 May 1995 33768 0 900 34668 Jun 1995 33866 0 981 34847 Jul 1995 48463 0 1655 50118 Aug 1995 39170 0 969 40139 Sep 1995 54126 0 1408 55534 Oct 1995 68697 0 1797 70494 Nov 1995 64065 0 1738 65803 Dec 1995 63900 0 1768 65668 Jan 1996 61432 0 1841 63273 Feb 1996 40980 0 1137 42117 Mar 1996 46023 0 1506 47529 Apr 1996 52072 0 1547 53619 May 1996 41228 0 2311 43539 Jun 1996 42887 0 1958 44845 Jul 1996 47015 0 1374 48389 Aug 1996 46088 0 1227 47315 Sep 1996 51212 0 1364 52576 Oct 1996 52857 0 1160 54017 Nov 1996 48422 0 1119 49541 Dec 1996 49673 0 929 50602 Jan 1997 49372 0 1070 50442 Feb 1997 31372 0 632 32004 Mar 1997 25713 0 1248 26961 Apr 1997 37722 0 870 38592 May 1997 34018 0 984 35002 Jun 1997 30526 0 961 31487 Jul 1997 49052 0 1168 50220 Aug 1997 49506 0 1278 50784 Sep 1997 52610 0 1405 54015 Oct 1997 60710 0 1494 62204 Nov 1997 49484 0 1295 50779 Dec 1997 49677 0 1229 50906 Jan 1998 41445 0 1029 42474 Feb 1998 29598 0 929 30527 Mar 1998 34920 0 1371 36291 Apr 1998 48565 0 3274 51839 May 1998 40471 0 3287 43758 Jun 1998 41089 0 2702 43791 Jul 1998 55498 0 2943 58441 Aug 1998 50905 0 2791 53696 Sep 1998 54035 0 3309 57344 Oct 1998 52473 0 7606 60079 Nov 1998 48397 0 6586 54983 Dec 1998 51315 0 5834 57149 Jan 1999 45848 0 8573 54421 Feb 1999 33122 0 4085 37207 Mar 1999 42555 0 6642 49197 Apr 1999 46878 0 9421 56299 May 1999 40148 0 7241 47389 Jun 1999 43241 0 7203 50444 Jul 1999 53770 0 11283 65053 Aug 1999 52604 0 10777 63381 Sep 1999 55962 0 15710 71672 Oct 1999 62245 0 15798 78043 Nov 1999 54999 0 11540 66539 Dec 1999 56260 0 9039 65299 Jan 2000 59041 0 12212 71253 Feb 2000 36192 0 3185 39377 Mar 2000 49365 0 5663 55028 Apr 2000 48839 0 9695 58534 May 2000 41364 0 7243 48607 Jun 2000 40768 0 6705 47473 Jul 2000 58164 0 9025 67189 Aug 2000 57380 0 9605 66985 Sep 2000 59098 0 12767 71865 Oct 2000 60721 0 11294 72015 Nov 2000 56427 0 9540 65967 Dec 2000 58431 0 7633 66064 Jan 2001 63527 3 9311 72841 Feb 2001 41955 0 3983 45938 Mar 2001 57078 0 6351 63429 Apr 2001 56295 179 8174 64648 May 2001 53075 171 6760 60006 Jun 2001 49752 97 6503 56352 Jul 2001 71746 724 11742 84212 Aug 2001 62382 347 10189 72918 Sep 2001 60091 284 12595 72970 Oct 2001 57699 5583 15430 78712 Nov 2001 57444 7063 10442 74949 Dec 2001 57299 6026 9120 72445 Jan 2002 56561 10383 9306 76250 Feb 2002 41275 7818 4275 53368 Mar 2002 48059 8557 6467 63083 Apr 2002 51484 9414 8875 69773 May 2002 44330 8015 6925 59270 Jun 2002 41120 6740 6778 54638 Jul 2002 61913 7834 10380 80127 Aug 2002 51640 7277 9119 68036 Sep 2002 55447 9321 13208 77976 Oct 2002 62974 10319 19949 93242 Nov 2002 53731 10154 9910 73795 Dec 2002 55820 10213 10519 76552 Jan 2003 57168 10714 10113 77995 Feb 2003 39671 7255 3729 50655 Mar 2003 46567 8228 6004 60799 Apr 2003 57670 9624 11074 78368 May 2003 44698 7630 7746 60074 Jun 2003 48214 7060 6894 62168 Jul 2003 60861 8147 11887 80895 Aug 2003 58208 8638 10964 77810 Sep 2003 57434 9180 15607 82221 Oct 2003 59032 10747 15393 85172 Nov 2003 55861 11428 10627 77916 Dec 2003 59417 11732 9150 80299 Jan 2004 61273 10800 11140 83213 Feb 2004 47565 7899 4884 60348 Mar 2004 48539 7713 6834 63086 Apr 2004 55523 9144 10248 74915 May 2004 44085 7885 7831 59801 Jun 2004 44277 7223 6501 58001 Jul 2004 65055 9477 12692 87224 Aug 2004 57358 8852 11770 77980 Sep 2004 59363 9428 16097 84888 Oct 2004 56859 9792 14255 80906 Nov 2004 56783 9354 8889 75026 Dec 2004 57685 9736 7118 74539 Jan 2005 55189 12954 8550 76693 Feb 2005 44504 12577 4387 61468 Mar 2005 55480 18096 8021 81597 Apr 2005 50464 8891 8451 67806 May 2005 47398 8281 6360 62039 Jun 2005 45662 8420 7485 61567 Jul 2005 56759 9762 12282 78803 Aug 2005 52427 9682 12154 74263 Sep 2005 58979 11613 14967 85559 Oct 2005 58749 11842 14458 85049 Nov 2005 52299 11970 9523 73792 Dec 2005 54375 12785 7949 75109 Jan 2006 58049 12713 9613 80375 Feb 2006 41794 9221 3114 54129 Mar 2006 37238 9313 5618 52169 Apr 2006 53214 10522 9020 72756 May 2006 42617 8757 7861 59235 Jun 2006 39225 7269 7220 53714 Jul 2006 59237 10451 12477 82165 Aug 2006 54705 9531 13002 77238 Sep 2006 55018 10145 14442 79605 Oct 2006 60011 12341 14908 87260 Nov 2006 57201 12497 8942 78640 Dec 2006 56406 12911 7244 76561 Jan 2007 67558 11513 9548 88619 Feb 2007 36418 6298 3484 46200 Mar 2007 53866 8745 6375 68986 Apr 2007 59455 10203 9342 79000 May 2007 45807 8352 7179 61338 Jun 2007 43169 7628 6855 57652 Jul 2007 58546 12920 13296 84762 Aug 2007 51668 11420 9633 72721 Sep 2007 54060 12514 11779 78353 Oct 2007 59807 12139 15702 87648 Nov 2007 62164 13402 10717 86283 Dec 2007 55575 13257 10596 79428 Jan 2008 51509 12130 11462 75101 Feb 2008 34547 7662 4003 46212 Mar 2008 48662 10124 7601 66387 Apr 2008 52686 11972 10338 74996 May 2008 46062 9188 8255 63505 Jun 2008 38364 8389 6708 53461 Jul 2008 58428 10108 14000 82536 Aug 2008 50428 8599 13897 72924 Sep 2008 57094 10867 15073 83034 Oct 2008 60419 12365 17443 90227 Nov 2008 57637 11814 10731 80182 Dec 2008 64614 13412 10182 88208 Jan 2009 52501 10673 10559 73733 Feb 2009 35338 6783 4305 46426 Mar 2009 43632 9060 6543 59235 Apr 2009 57775 12207 12166 82148 May 2009 40285 9616 8184 58085 Jun 2009 40591 8954 8604 58149 Jul 2009 56453 12529 14804 83786 Aug 2009 54676 10713 15050 80439 Sep 2009 56102 12561 16572 85235 Oct 2009 59713 14108 14957 88778 Nov 2009 53695 14558 10906 79159 Dec 2009 65332 14645 9189 89166 Jan 2010 52904 13813 10438 77155 Feb 2010 40762 11058 5103 56923 Mar 2010 38694 9876 7086 55656 Apr 2010 51418 11796 11101 74315 May 2010 40320 10154 7707 58181 Jun 2010 37551 8201 8219 53971 Jul 2010 52502 10486 14014 77002 Aug 2010 49269 9845 12477 71591 Sep 2010 50152 10563 15821 76536 Oct 2010 56569 10295 15810 82674 Nov 2010 51468 9707 10336 71511 Dec 2010 46588 9639 9686 65913 Jan 2011 40860 10542 8453 59855 Feb 2011 29037 6651 3250 38938 Mar 2011 46279 7450 5876 59605 Apr 2011 39876 8983 9253 58112 May 2011 39129 7561 6649 53339 Jun 2011 31572 6140 7466 45178
# = Visitor numbers (EMC) recording only commenced in 1 July 1993
Figures are based on EMC returns
