Ms. Mettam asks about hotel room availability and occupancy rates in Broome from 2015-2019. The answer provides limited data due to the ABS ceasing data collection in 2016.

AnsweredQoN 5244Legislative Assembly
Asked
20 June 2019
Portfolio
Tourism

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(1) How many hotel rooms were available in Broome in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date? (2) What was the hotel occupancy rate in Broome, in peak vs off-peak season, in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date?

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Answered
7 August 2019
Responded by
Minister for Tourism
Response time
5 days
(1) The Australian Bureau of Statistics, which produced the Survey of Tourist Accommodation, ceased collecting and reporting on hotel room data in 2016. The latest publicly available accommodation statistics for Broome are to the year ending June 2016.
According to the Survey of Tourist Accommodation, in Broome there were an average of 1,286 rooms per night available in 2015 and an average of 1,277 rooms per night available in the first two quarters of 2016.
(2) According to the Survey of Tourist Accommodation, the hotel occupancy rate in Broome was 36.5%, 61.9%, 77.6%, 48.0% for quarters one, two, three and four of 2015 respectively.  The occupancy rate was 38.3% in quarter one and 61.2% in quarter two of 2016.

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