Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 6.1
Numbers of domestic visitors staying with friends and relatives in Victoria
2008-2009 and 2009-2010, and length of stay
2008-2009
2009-2010
Growth
r ate (%)
No. of
visitors
Mean length
of stay
No. of
visitors
Mean length
of stay
Victoria
(state figures)
6,128,000
3.1
6,290,000
3.1
2.6
Ballarat
188,000
2.7
197,000
3.0
4.8
Gippsland
409,000
2.4
354,000
2.6
-13.5
Geelong
382,000
2.7
459,000
3.0
20.2
Bendigo
290,000
2.0
362,000
2.4
24.8
Lakes
116,000
3.4
125,000
2.9
7. 8
Melbourne
2,497,000
3.4
2,546,000
3.3
2.0
Mallee
162,000
3.3
175,000
4.0
8.0
Melbourne East
206,000
2.5
229,000
2.5
11.2
Western region
389,000
2.8
472,000
2.8
21.3
Western Grampians
110,000
2.7
111,000
3.0
0.9
Central Highlands
53,000
2.4
51,000
3.3
-3.7
Peninsula
510,000
2.9
407,000
3.0
-20.2
Murray East
99,000
3.9
60,000
2.8
-39.4
Central Murray
151,000
3.1
171,000
3.1
13.2
Philip Island
217,000
2.9
231,000
2.4
6.5
Goulburn
173,000
2.5
169,000
2.5
-2.4
High Country
202,000
3.1
266,000
2.9
31.7
Source
: Adapted from Tourism Research Australia (2010, 2011)
Industries stocked 35,000 Murray cod fingerlings in the Goulburn River in
September 2011 to try to encourage tourists back to enjoy the recreational
fishing (Department of Primary Industries, 2011) since it is still facing dif-
ficulties.
Various factors could have affected other regions in the state of Victoria
over the past few years, given the severity of the bushfires across the state in
early 2009. Families whose homes were lost in the fires would not have been
in a position to host friends and family for some time.
