Friday, June 15, 2012

Thanks Pete

This week has seen the departure of the CEO for Tourism Whitsundays, Mr Peter O'Reilly.

Mr O'Reilly came to Tourism Whitsundays from Tourism Queensland and has just completed his five year contract. Since Mr O'Reilly took over the head job of promoting the Whitsundays:

  • Visitor numbers have dropped 10.6%
  • Spending per visitor per night has dropped 16.2%
  • Total 'bums in beds' has slumped 17.6%
  • Whitsundays has dropped out of Top 20 favourite destinations for Aussies
  • Has slumped from 12th to 17th most favourite location for International visitors.


The tables below show the performance of TourismWhitsundays and its CEO promoting tourism in the Whitsundays over the past five years. The data has been obtained from:
Australian Government: Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
Queensland Government: Tourism Queensland


International
Domestic
Diff%
Diff%
$M Spend
117
93
-20.5
599
na
na
$/Visitor
549
566
3.1
1108
na
na
$/Night
86
87
1.1
209
161
-23.0
Visitors 000s
213
165
-22.5
541
509
-5.9
Total Nights
1366
1074
-21.3
2870
2418
-15.7
Avg Nights
6
7
16.6
5
4.8
-0.4
Ranking
12
17
-41.2
18
>20
>10

Total
06 & 07
3/12
Diff%
$M
716
na
$/Visitor
829
na
$/Night
148
124
-16.2
Visitors 000s
754
674
-10.6
Total Nights
4236
3492
-17.6
Avg Nights
5.5
5.9
7.2
Ranking
15
~20
-33

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