'Key Outbound Tourism Markets in South-East Asia' provides up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the major tourism trends and developments in five key South-East Asian outbound markets: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Tourism Australia Managing Director Andrew McEvoy said the study would help the Australian tourism industry to better understand, communicate with, and serve these five, key emerging outbound markets.
"The crucial factor behind the growth of travel out of the Asian markets - from South-East Asia as much as from China - is the increasing middle class population of those source countries due to their growing economic prosperity.
"Each market is different, but they all possess significant potential, which we need to understand to really make the most of this Asian Century," Mr McEvoy said.
UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai said around 30 per cent of the world's middle class population is now in Asia and this figure is expected to increase almost fivefold over the next 20 years, to 3.4 billion or 60% of the world's total.
"UNWTO is very pleased to have partnered with Tourism Australia in producing this report that sheds new light on the travel trends of these countries," said Mr Rifai.
The new report provides detailed profiles of each market based on extensive research, including analysis of their future potential.
In 2012, these five countries accounted for US$ 47 billion in international tourism expenditure, up from US$ 25 billion in 2006.
Mr McEvoy said that each of the five countries had its own unique characteristics but that they all had the potential to be significant future source markets for Australian tourism in the coming years.
"Indonesia stands out because of the size of the country and its population. Whilst it has a long way to go to realise its potential, Indonesia is making rapid progress and is very much on our radar," he said.
"Singapore is notable for its wealth and is by far the largest of the five markets in terms of spending. It's also a more mature market, the only country in this study where outbound travel - long-haul and short-haul - is already a reality for the majority of residents.
"Malaysia is similar to Singapore in terms of the current levels of outbound travel, but at the moment those trips are predominantly short-haul, often the same day. The spending power of Malaysians is not as high as Singaporeans, but higher than in Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam, so there's good potential here too.
"Thailand has arguably been hampered in recent times by political upheavals and environmental catastrophes, such as recent flooding, but nevertheless still presents sizeable opportunities for economic and outbound tourism growth.
"Vietnam has a large population, but average incomes are still very low. In terms of current spend and visitation, is by far the smallest of the five markets at the moment, but also the fastest growing," Mr McEvoy said.
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