Tourism Businesses in Australia

Tourism Research Australia (TRA) has published the report Tourism Businesses in Australia, June 2010 to June 2012. As at June 2012, there were over 280,000 tourism businesses in Australia.

The report found that medium and large businesses constituted only about 10 per cent of total tourism businesses but generated 68 per cent of total tourism revenue. The Cafes, restaurant and takeaway food services industry accounted for 21.5 per cent of businesses that have high reliance on tourism.

TRA reported more than 95,600 tourism businesses in NSW in June 2012 and this represented 34 per cent of all tourism businesses in Australia. Sixty-three per cent of tourism businesses in NSW were located in Sydney, and around 55 per cent of tourism businesses in NSW had at least one employee.

The report Tourism Businesses in Australia, June 2010 to June 2012 is available at Destination NSW - Economic Value and at tra.gov.au