Visiting Friends and Relatives

This snapshot provides data on travellers to Tasmania who are visiting friends and relatives (VFR).

The Leisure travel segment consists of visitors travelling for a holiday combined with those travelling to visit friends and relatives.

The research shows that 327,350 visitors to Tasmania were visiting friends and relatives, of which 35,400 were international visitors.

Of all VFR visits, 35 % were repeat visitors.

For more data on this visitor group, including average spend and favourite activities as well as insights drawn from the research, see:

• Visiting Friends and Relatives snapshot - December 2016 [PDF 1 MB].