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Nature Based

This Snapshot presents a profile of visitors who participated in nature based activities in Australia in 2008.

Nature based activities are defined as visitors who participated in, among other activities, at least one of the following:

  • a visit to a national or state park
  • a visit to a wildlife park, zoo or aquarium
  • a visit to a botanical or other public garden
  • a bushwalk or rainforest walk
  • whale or dolphin watching in the ocean
  • Snorkelling
  • Scuba Diving

This Snapshot data has been primarily extracted from the Tourism Research Australia International and National Visitor Surveys.

Year   Realease Date File Size Download 
 2008  June 2009  658kb 

 

 2007  June 2008  668kb

 

Other Nature Tourism Information

Title  Release Date  File Size  Download 
 Nature Tourism Fact Sheet 2008  2009  626kb

 

 National and State Park Fact Sheet 2007  2008  524kb

 

 Assessment of Tourism Activity in the Great
 Barrier Reef Marine Park Region

2003  417kb

 Occasional Paper No 25: Profiles and Motivations of
 Nature Based Tourists Visiting Australia

1998  6.4mb

Ocassional Paper No 21: The Nature of Ecotourism 1995  11.7mb