Tourism Fast Facts
Tourism Fast Facts
The following is a quick guide to visitation to Tasmania and tourism's contribution to the Tasmanian economy.
Contribution to the Tasmanian economy
- Tourism in Tasmania directly and indirectly contributes around $2.95 billion or 9.0 per cent to Gross State Product (GSP)
- Tourism directly contributes $1.50 billion or about 4.6 per cent to Tasmania's Gross Product.
- Tourism directly and indirectly supports around 37,400 jobs in Tasmania or about 14.9 per cent of total Tasmanian employment - higher than the national average and the highest in the country.
Visitors to Tasmania
- A total of 651,500 people visited Tasmania on scheduled air and sea services during the year ending September 2021, not including cruise ships.
- These visitors spent a total of 6.73 million nights in Tasmania.
- Visitors spent a total of $1.71 billion on accommodation, attractions, tours, transport and other good and services during this period.
December 2021