State Tourism Satellite Accounts, 2015-16 report

The State Tourism Satellite Accounts (State TSA) report highlights the importance of tourism to each state and territory’s economy by presenting a comprehensive set of tourism data for all states and territories in Australia. The report examines the changing pattern of tourism over the period 2006–07 to 2015–16, and the key changes that occurred in 2015–16. At an Australia-wide level, estimates from this report are consistent with the nationally-based Tourism Satellite Accounts produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) each year.

Data in the State TSA are reliant on a range of other statistics, which are subject to revision from time to time. In particular, this year’s report reflects the backcasting of the National Visitor Survey (NVS), brought about by improvements in sampling methodology, and which led to substantial revisions in 2014–15 State TSA data. As a consequence of this and other revisions, historical data from this report will differ from previous editions. More information on these issues can be found in this report’s Explanatory Notes.