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According to the latest SQC tourism report, roughly half of the South Burnett’s tourists come to the region for outdoor activities … and cyclists now make up more than one in every five of this segment (Photo: SBRTUA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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SBRC Regional Development portfolio chair Cr Kirstie Schumacher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 20, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tourism in the South Burnett has improved substantially during the past two years, according to a new report from Southern Queensland Country.<\/p>\n

The Regional Tourism Organisation gather anonymised mobile phone and banking data to track tourism flows across the Darling Downs, South Burnett and Granite Belt.<\/p>\n

In their latest monthly analysis of the South Burnett’s tourism market, SQC noted the region’s average occupancy level in June was 61 per cent.<\/p>\n

This represented a 29 per cent increase over the same month two years ago.<\/p>\n

The average length of stays in June was also up.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Average stays rose from two days to three in 2020, and rose again from three days to four in 2021.<\/p>\n

According to SQC, almost one-in-five South Burnett visitors in June came from Brisbane (11.2 per cent) or Moreton Bay (8.8 per cent).<\/p>\n

A further 7.7 per cent came from Toowoomba, and about 7.6 per cent came from the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n

Other leading sources of visitors were the Fraser Coast, Gold Coast, Bundaberg, Logan City and Ipswich.<\/p>\n

Even better, it seems most tourists were pleased they came.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SQC noted that six-in-10 visitors had positive things about their visit to friends and family, while only 2 per cent were dissatisfied.<\/p>\n

This balance between positive and negative reactions gave the South Burnett a “Tourism Sentiment Index” of 58 in June.<\/p>\n

SQC’s June report was presented to the South Burnett Regional Council’s Finance standing committee meeting on Wednesday by Regional Development portfolio chair Cr Kirstie Schumacher. <\/strong><\/p>\n

She said the report was good news for the region’s tourism operators.<\/p>\n

However, the challenge for them now was to continue improving their offerings to push the Tourism Sentiment Index even higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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