Australasia Outbound - August 2009

Australasia Outbound - August 2009

About this report

Australasia encompasses Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and a range of South Pacific islands including the archipelago of Fiji and the numerous Cook Islands. Outbound tourism from this region is led by Australia and New Zealand, the most economically advanced nations, which between them represent three quarters of Australasia’s population. In these two countries, overseas travel has become an important component, both for leisure and business purposes, and an affordable luxury within reach of all ages and lifestyle groups. This report focuses on these two main outbound markets.
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Contents

Introduction
Data Sources
Market Drivers
Population
Figure 1: Mid-year population in Australasia, 2000-25
Economy
Figure 2: Australia economic statistics, 2003-08
Figure 3: New Zealand economic statistics, 2004-08
Exchange rates
Figure 4: Selected exchange rates against the Australian Dollar, 2003-09
Figure 5: Selected exchange rates against the New Zealand Dollar, 2003-09
Tourism balance
Figure 6: Australia tourism balance, 1990-05*
Figure 7: New Zealand tourism balance, 1990-05*
Outbound Tourism
Arrivals
Australia
Figure 8: Outbound travel from Australia, 2003-09
New Zealand
Figure 9: Outbound travel from New Zealand, 2003-08
Destinations
Figure 10: Outbound travel from Australia, 2003-08
Figure 11: Outbound travel from New Zealand, 2003-08
Australia
New Zealand
Other Australasia
Fiji
Other Pacific islands
Asia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Thailand
Other Asia
UK
Other Europe
US
Market Characteristics
Pre-booking behaviour and booking methods
Travel research
Figure 12: Information sources used by New Zealanders’ first visit to Australia, 2008
Demographics
Figure 13: Age profile of New Zealand outbound travellers, 2007
Figure 14: Key travelling group types from Australia to the UK, 2007
Purpose of visit
Figure 15: Outbound travellers* from Australia, by purpose of visit, 2003-08
Figure 16: Short-term outbound travellers from New Zealand to Australia, by purpose of visit, 2004-08
Expenditure
Figure 17: Asia-Pacific contrast of average expenditure on last overseas trip, 2008
Length of stay
Australia
Figure 18: Outbound visits by Australians: destination and length of stay, 2008
New Zealand
Figure 19: Length of stay by all New Zealanders travelling abroad, 2007
Seasonality
Figure 20: New Zealand tourists visiting Australia, by length of stay and seasonality, 2007-09
Transport
Air
LCCs
Long haul gets an upgrade
New aircraft arrive to raise the bar on long-haul experience
Global recession hits airlines hard
Road
Sea
Figure 21: Main accommodation used by Australians visiting New Zealand and the UK, 2007-08
Tour Operators and Travel Agencies
Australia
Travel agencies
STA Travel Pty Ltd
Flight Centre Limited
Jetset Travelworld Ltd (Qantas)
Harvey World Travel
Online travel websites
New Zealand
House of Travel Holdings
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