International visitors spent a record $113.3 million in Noosa in the year ending March 2024, surpassing the record-breaking figures from pre-Covid 2020.
They also stayed a record 1.1 million nights, a 30 per cent increase on pre-Covid, increasing their average length of stay from 5.4 nights to almost eight nights.
Figures released by Tourism Research Australia show New Zealand was Noosa’s highest spending international market, with a record of $29.4 million.
Tourism Noosa chief executive officer Sharon Raguse said “the UK which is a major focus for our global activity, has been the stand-out international market,“ she said.
“Their spend almost doubled from pre-Covid to a record $29 million and their nights to a record 328,000.
“Domestic visitation is also positive with overnight visitor spend of $1.18 billion being the second highest on record for the year ending March and 21 per cent higher than pre-Covid, bringing our total overnight visitor spend (domestic and international) to $1.3 billion.
“Domestic nights also increased, bringing the average stay to 4.2 nights, up from 3.9 last year and 4.1 pre-Covid.”
“This is wonderful news for Noosa, with the rippling effect of this spending benefiting widely across the region.”
Source: noosatoday.com.au
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