CHANGE IN VISITOR NIGHTS OVER TIME (2014 – 2023) 1 VISITATION TO THE GOR REGION 1 Source: Tourism Research Australia National Visitor Survey, Dec YE 2014-2023 (Data is based on 3-year averages for all years but 2019 – 2023) 5.1M 5.3M 5.4M 5.7M 6.0M 734K 853K 820K 921K 934K 887K 1.0M 2014 Visitor type Domestic overnight international 0 1.0M 2.0M 3.0M 4.0M 5.0M 6.0M 7.0M nights 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 COVID-19: Period of Major Lockdowns & Border Closures start of recovery period Visitor nights spent in the region reaching 8.3M nights in 2023, up have increased post-COVID-19, from a low of 5.7M nights in 2020, but these are primarily from intrastate markets spending longer in the region 7.5M 5.7M 6.5M 6.8M 7.4M