Official Australian tourism forecasts

Australia's official tourism forecasts are published twice yearly, the latest being produced in August 2008.

It is interesting to compare these with the latest New Zealand forecasts (see previous post). The Australian forecasts are predicting 0.0% inbound growth in 2008 before rising 3.3% in 2009. Outbound growth from Australia is expected to be strong - 9.9% in 2008 and 8.0% in 2009.

Tourism Australia also publishes good information on Australia's aviation markets, including market share and historical seat capacity data.