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 $3.03 billion or 10.4 per cent to Gross State Product (GSP)
- Tourism directly contributes $1.44 billion or about 4.9 per cent to Tasmania's Gross Product.
- Tourism directly and indirectly supports around 38 000 jobs in Tasmania or about 15.8 per cent of total Tasmanian employment - higher than the national average and the highest in the country.
Visitors to Tasmania
- A total of 1.28 million people visited Tasmania on scheduled air and sea services during the year ending March 2018, not including cruise ships.
- These visitors spent a total of 10.83 million nights in Tasmania..
- Visitors spent a total of $2.37 billion on accommodation, attractions, tours, transport and other good and services during this period.
April 2018