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Tourism and Travel Blog - STATISTICS - March 2024

Welcome all to another blog, this one is all about statistics …. 

Hang on, please don't let your eyes glaze over and switch off. Statistics are your friend in Tourism. Statistics help you make decisions about many aspects of tourism businesses from forecasting when you need extra staff for busy periods, where people are going, to what people are spending their money on, and responding to the latest travel or food trend. 

Below are a collection of resources to illuminate these benefits and to get you thinking about how you also can make statistics your friend (horn-rimmed glasses and pocket protector are optional). 

"Number of tourist departures per 1000 people, OWID" by Our World In Data is licensed under CC BY 3.0.

YouTube Clips

A world first in tourism research gives industry the edge | University of Tasmania 

Tourism Insights Conference 2024 - Office for National Statistics (UK)

Using data to help drive Tourism Growth 

Why you should love statistics / Alan Smith, 2016

Website Links

Bastian Herre, Veronika Samborska and Max Roser (2023) - “Tourism” Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: 'https://ourworldindata.org/tourism' [Online Resource]  

Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, January 2024 | Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au)

Search results | Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au)

Tourism Research Australia | Tourism Research Australia

Tourism Satellite Accounts: quarterly tourism labour statistics, Australia, experimental estimates, December 2023 | Australian Bureau of Statistics (abs.gov.au)

The UN Tourism Data Dashboard | Tourism Data (unwto.org) 

Visitor Statistics - Tourism Tasmania Corporate

Library Resources

Operations Management in the Travel Industry by P. Robinson (Editor)

Call Number: 910.68 ROB

ISBN: 9781845935030

Publication Date: 2009

Operations Management in the Travel Industry provides a broad, in-depth coverage of the knowledge and skills necessary for effective and successful management, including finance, marketing, individual and corporate social responsibility, meeting customer expectations and managing, motivating and retaining employees. Using both theory and real world case studies, it describes the commercial realities of the sector in relation to decision making and business outcomes, with practical consideration given to balancing the needs of a commercial business to drive forward innovation and increase profitability for investors. This book is the prescribed text for the Foundation Degree in Travel Operations Management, and will also be useful to industry practitioners and students in a range of related courses at all levels.

 

Volo, S. (2020), "Tourism statistics, indicators and big data: a perspective article", Tourism Review, Vol. 75 No. 1, pp. 304-309. https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-06-2019-0262 

Statistics for business by Peter Murray

Call Number: 656 MAR

ISBN: 0864581920

Publication Date: 2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations, if you are still awake after all these stats, come to the Drysdale Library and say hi.